Irpex lacteus

Irpex lacteus
Irpex lacteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Basidiomycetes
Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
Order: Polyporales
Family: Steccherinaceae
Genus: Irpex
Species: I. lacteus
Binomial name
Irpex lacteus
(Fr.) Fr., (1828)
Synonyms

Boletus cinerascens Schwein., (1822)
Boletus tulipiferae Schwein., (1822)
Coriolus lacteus (Fr.) Pat., (1900)
Coriolus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Pat., (1900)
Daedalea diabolica Speg., (1889)
Hirschioporus lacteus (Fr.) Teng, (1963)
Hydnum lacteum (Fr.) Fr., (1823)
Irpex bresadolae Schulzer, (1885)
Irpex diabolicus (Speg.) Bres., (1919)
Irpex hirsutus Kalchbr., (1878)
Irpex lacteus f. sinuosus (Fr.) Nikol., (1953)
Irpex pallescens Fr., (1838)
Irpex sinuosus Fr., (1828)
Irpiciporus lacteus (Fr.) Murrill, (1907)
Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill, (1905)
Microporus chartaceus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Kuntze, (1898)
Microporus cinerascens (Schwein.) Kuntze, (1898)
Polyporus chartaceus Berk. & M.A. Curtis, (1849)
Polyporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Overh. [as 'tulipiferus'], (1915)
Polystictus bresadolae (Schulzer) Sacc., (1888)
Polystictus chartaceus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Cooke, (1886)
Polystictus cinerascens (Schwein.) Cooke, (1886)
Polystictus cinerescens (Schwein.) Cooke
Polystictus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Cooke, (1886)
Poria cincinnati Berk. ex Cooke, (1886)
Poria tulipiferae (Schwein.) Cooke, (1888)
Sistotrema lacteum Fr., (1818)
Steccherinum lacteum (Fr.) Krieglst.,(1999)
Trametes lactea (Fr.) Pilát, (1940)
Xylodon bresadolae (Schulzer) Kuntze, (1898)
Xylodon hirsutus (Kalchbr.) Kuntze, (1898)
Xylodon lacteus (Fr.) Kuntze, (1898)
Xylodon pallescens (Fr.) Kuntze, (1898)
Xylodon sinuosus (Fr.) Kuntze, (1898)

Irpex lacteus is a common fungus spread throughout temperate areas of the world. It is the type of the genus Irpex. Irpex lacteus is considered a polypore, but depending on growth conditions it can also produce hydnoid hymenophore. Due to this variability and abundance of the species it has been described as a new species to science numerous times.

Irpex lacteus is a white-rot fungus that inhabits mainly angiosperm branches and trunks.[1] It is one of the most common wood-rotting fungi for instance in urban North America. Irpex lacteus belongs to the order Polyporales.

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References

  1. ↑ Gilbertson RL, Ryvarden L (1986) North American polypores 1, Abortiporus to Lindtneria. Oslo, Fungiflora.