Polypore diversity in China with an annotated checklist of Chinese polypores

The majority of the Chinese polypores are white rot fungi, whereas 98 species (14%) cause a brown rot; 520 species (74%) were found on angiosperm wood, of which 434 species (62%) grew exclusively on angosperm wood; 459 species (65%)were found on fallen trunks, which seem to be the most frequent substrate for polypore species.