Forest Pests of North America
Native and Non-native insects, diseases, and weeds of urban, managed, and natural forests


heart rot
Laricifomes officinalis (Fr.) Bondartsev & Singer

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heart rot
Laricifomes officinalis
Fruiting Bodies
John W. Schwandt
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heart rot
Laricifomes officinalis
Fruiting Bodies
John W. Schwandt


Taxonomic Rank

Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Subphylum: Hymenomycotina
Class: Agaricomycetes
Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
Order: Polyporales
Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Genus: Laricifomes

Other System Links

Species Fungorum: 297501


Synonyms and Other Names

Related Scientific Names:
Fomes officinalis (Vill.) Bres.(Synonym)
Related Scientific Names:
Fomitopsis officinalis (Vill.) Bres.(Synonym)

References

Common Name Reference: P.W. Crous, W. Gams, J.A. Stalpers, V. Robert and G. Stegehuis. 2004. MycoBank: an online initiative to launch mycology into the 21st century. Studies in Mycology 50: 19–22
Scientific Name Reference: Index Fungorum. Paul Kirk. CABI, CBS and Landcare Research. http://www.indexfungorum.org/