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Phellinus
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Phellinus is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. Many species cause white rot. Fruit 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.

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GENUS

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumBasidiomycota
  3. ClassAgaricomycetes
  4. OrderHymenochaetales
  5. FamilyHymenochaetaceae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded236,364

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Phellinus
taxon name
Phellinus
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Quél.
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Phellinus is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. Many species cause white rot. Fruit 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.

The name Phellinus means cork.

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