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Inonotus obliquus (Fr.) Pilát
Inonotus obliquus (Fr.) Pilát
Inonotus obliquus, or chaga, is a boreal pathogenic fungus commonly marketed as an unproven dietary supplement.
Inonotus hispidus (Bull.) P.Karst.
Inonotus hispidus (Bull.) P.Karst.
Inonotus hispidus is a fungus growing on North American hardwoods, used in traditional medicine and studied for bioactive effects.
Inonotus cuticularis (Bull.) P.Karst.
Inonotus cuticularis (Bull.) P.Karst.
Inonotus cuticularis, the clustered bracket, is a plant pathogenic fungus in Hymenochaetaceae with a circumpolar temperate distribution.
Nothonotus nothofagi (G.Cunn.) Y.C.Dai, F.Wu, L.W.Zhou, Vlasák & B.K.Cui
Nothonotus nothofagi (G.Cunn.) Y.C.Dai, F.Wu, L.W.Zhou, Vlasák & B.K.Cui
Nothonotus nothofagi is a parasitic Hymenochaetaceae fungus that causes white rot, found in Australia, New Zealand, and India.
Porodaedalea pini (Brot.) Murrill
Porodaedalea pini (Brot.) Murrill
Porodaedalea pini is a non-edible pathogenic fungus that causes red ring rot in Northern Hemisphere conifers.
Phellinus chrysoloma (Fr.) Donk
Phellinus chrysoloma (Fr.) Donk
Phellinus chrysoloma is a near-threatened boreal forest fungus that parasitizes Norway spruce.
Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quél.
Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quél.
Phellinus igniarius is a wood-rotting polypore fungus that is inedible but has potential medicinal and traditional uses.
Fomes arctostaphyli Long
Fomes arctostaphyli Long
Phellinus arctostaphyli, the manzanita conk, is a poorly studied North American shelf fungus that colonizes specific woody shrubs.
Phellinus tremulae (Bondartsev) Bondartsev & P.N.Borisov
Phellinus tremulae (Bondartsev) Bondartsev & P.N.Borisov
Phellinus tremulae, the aspen bracket, is a Hymenochaetaceae polypore that causes aspen trunk rot and grows in Canada.
Phellinus pomaceus (Pers.) Maire
Phellinus pomaceus (Pers.) Maire
Phellinus pomaceus is a long-lived, weakly pathogenic plant fungus commonly found on Prunus species, with historical medicinal use.
Phellinus lundellii Niemelä
Phellinus lundellii Niemelä
Phellinus lundellii is a Hymenochaetaceae fungus species found in Eurasia and North America.
Trichaptum abietinum (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Ryvarden
Trichaptum abietinum (Pers. ex J.F.Gmel.) Ryvarden
Trichaptum abietinum is an inedible saprophytic poroid fungus that grows on dead conifer wood.
Trichaptum biforme (Fr.) Ryvarden
Trichaptum biforme (Fr.) Ryvarden
Trichaptum biforme is a widely distributed violet-turned-brown saprobic fungus that grows on tree hosts and is inedible.
Phellinus robiniae (Murrill) A.Ames
Phellinus robiniae (Murrill) A.Ames
Fulvifomes robiniae, the cracked cap polypore, is a Hymenochaetaceae fungus that mostly infects black locusts, formerly in genus Phellinus.
Phellinus gilvus (Schwein.) Pat.
Phellinus gilvus (Schwein.) Pat.
Phellinus gilvus is a pathogenic fungus used in traditional Chinese medicine with studied anti-melanoma polysaccharides.
Phellinus viticola (Schwein.) Donk
Phellinus viticola (Schwein.) Donk
Phellinus viticola is a fungus species in the Hymenochaetaceae family, with Polyporus viticola Schwein 1828 as its basionym and synonym.
Fuscoporia torulosa (Pers.) T.Wagner & M.Fisch.
Fuscoporia torulosa (Pers.) T.Wagner & M.Fisch.
Fuscoporia torulosa is a pathogenic wood-decay fungus that infects many tree species, with delayed visible fruiting body formation.
Onnia tomentosa (Fr.) P.Karst.
Onnia tomentosa (Fr.) P.Karst.
Onnia tomentosa is an inedible, pathogenic fungus that causes root rot in Canadian conifers, especially spruce.
Phellinidium ferrugineofuscum (P.Karst.) Fiasson & Niemelä
Phellinidium ferrugineofuscum (P.Karst.) Fiasson & Niemelä
Phellinidium ferrugineofuscum is a Hymenochaetaceae fungus native to Eurasia and Northern America, found growing on Abies sibirica.
Lyomyces sambuci (Pers.) P.Karst.
Lyomyces sambuci (Pers.) P.Karst.
Elder whitewash (Hyphodontia sambuci) is an inedible chalky white basidiomycete that grows on dead attached wood, especially elder.
Rickenella fibula (Bull.) Raithelh.
Rickenella fibula (Bull.) Raithelh.
Rickenella fibula, the orange moss navel, is a small nonpoisonous mushroom that grows among moss, with a white spore print.
Alloclavaria purpurea (O.F.Müll.) Dentinger & D.J.McLaughlin
Alloclavaria purpurea (O.F.Müll.) Dentinger & D.J.McLaughlin
Alloclavaria purpurea is a purple spindle-shaped fungus found in North American spruce-fir forests that is edible but insubstantial.
Muscinupta laevis (Fr.) Redhead, Lücking & Lawrey
Muscinupta laevis (Fr.) Redhead, Lücking & Lawrey
Muscinupta laevis is the only species in the monotypic moss-growing fungal genus Muscinupta, often previously called Cyphellostereum laeve.
Rigidoporus microporus (Sw.) Overeem
Rigidoporus microporus (Sw.) Overeem
Rigidoporus microporus is an economically important plant pathogen that causes white root rot in tropical crops, especially para rubber trees.
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