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.

Phellinus tremulae
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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)
Synonyms
  • Fomes igniarius f. tremulae Bondartsev (1935)
  • Fomes tremulae (Bondartsev) P.N.Borisov (1940)
  • Ochroporus tremulae (Bondartsev) Fiasson & Niemelä (1984)
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