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Rigidoporus laetus

Rigidoporus laetus
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Meripilaceae
Genus: Rigidoporus
Species: R. laetus
Binomial name
Rigidoporus laetus
(Cooke) P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (1988)
Synonyms
  • Polyporus laetus Cooke (1883)
  • Fomes laetus (Cooke) Lloyd (1915)
  • Coltricia laeta (Cooke) G.Cunn. (1948)

Rigidoporus laetus is a species of polypore fungus in the family Meripilaceae. It was originally described in 1883 as Polyporus laetus by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke. Peter Buchanan and Leif Ryvarden transferred it to Rigidoporus in 1988. Found in south Australia, the fungus is a plant pathogen that causes white rot in Eucalyptus.



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