Inonotus (genus)
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Inonotus P. Karst. 1879
This genus is widely ditributed and more common in temperate regions. It contains between 50 and 100 species of wood-decaying fungi. Most species attack the trunks of broad-leaved trees. The sexual fruiting bodies are usually disk-shaped and brownish. The basidiospores are yellowish to brownish. In infected trees, also asexual fruiting body can be produced. These can have the form of an irregular black mass on the trunk (see illustration on the right) which releases chlamydospores. This structure is called a sterile conk or "Chaga" and is thought to have medicinal properties.
Currently, the following species and groups have been entered into the system:
