Wolfiporia extensa
| Wolfiporia extensa | |
|---|---|
| Wolfiporia extensa sclerotium | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Fungi | 
| Division: | Basidiomycota | 
| Class: | Agaricomycetes | 
| Order: | Polyporales | 
| Family: | Polyporaceae | 
| Genus: | Wolfiporia | 
| Species: | W. extensa | 
| Binomial name | |
| Wolfiporia extensa (Peck) Ginns (1984) | |
| Synonyms | |
Wolfiporia extensa (syn. Poria cocos F.A.Wolf), commonly known as hoelen, poria, tuckahoe, China root, fu ling (茯苓, pīnyīn: fúlíng), or matsuhodo, is a fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It is a wood-decay fungus but has a subterranean growth habit. It is notable in the development of a large, long-lasting underground sclerotium that resembles a small coconut. This sclerotium, known as tuckahoe or fu-ling (Chinese: 茯苓; pinyin: fúlíng), is not the same as the true tuckahoe used as Indian bread by Native Americans, which is the arrow arum, Peltandra virginica, a flowering tuberous plant in the arum family.