| Phellinus | |
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| Phellinus pomaceus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Hymenochaetales |
| Family: | Hymenochaetaceae |
| Genus: | Phellinus Quél. (1886) |
| Type species | |
| Phellinus igniarius (L.) Quél. (1886) |
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Phellinus is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. Many species cause white rot. Fruiting bodies, which are found growing on wood, are resupinate, sessile, and perennial. The flesh is tough and woody or cork-like, and brown in color. Clamp connections are absent, and the skeletal hyphae are yellowish-brown.[1]
The name Phellinus means cork.[2]
Phellinus produces the natural phenol hispidin.[3]