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Phellinus tremulae

Phellinus tremulae, the aspen bracket, is a species of polypore fungus in the family Hymenochaetaceae that grows on Populus tremula and on trembling aspen in Canada. The species was first described as Fomes igniarius f. tremulae by Appollinaris Semenovich Bondartsev in 1935. It causes the disease Aspen trunk rot.

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Phellinus tremulae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Genus: Phellinus
Species:
P. tremulae
Binomial name
Phellinus tremulae
(Bondartsev) Bondartsev & P.N.Borisov (1953)
Synonyms1
  • Fomes igniarius f. tremulae Bondartsev (1935)
  • Fomes tremulae (Bondartsev) P.N.Borisov (1940)
  • Ochroporus tremulae (Bondartsev) Fiasson & Niemelä (1984)

Phellinus tremulae, the aspen bracket, is a species of polypore fungus in the family Hymenochaetaceae that grows on Populus tremula2 and on trembling aspen in Canada. The species was first described as Fomes igniarius f. tremulae by Appollinaris Semenovich Bondartsev in 1935. It causes the disease Aspen trunk rot.

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References

  1. "Synonymy: Phellinus tremulae (Bondartsev) Bondartsev & P.N. Borisov". Index Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved June 21, 2013.
  2. Wikström C. (2007). "The occurrence of Phellinus tremulae (Bond.) Bond. and Borisov as a primary parasite in Populus tremula L.". European Journal of Forest Pathology. 6 (6): 321–328. doi:10.1111/j.1439-0329.1976.tb00544.x.