- Phellinus pini
Taxobox
name = "Phellinus pini"
regnum =Fungi
phylum =Basidiomycota
classis =Basidiomycetes
subclassis =Incertae sedis
ordo =Hymenochaetales
familia =Hymenochaetaceae
genus = "Phellinus "
species = "P. pini"
binomial = "Phellinus pini"
binomial_authority = (Brot.) Bondartsev & Singer, (1941)
synonyms =Phellinus pini is a plant pathogen.
The common name for this pathogen is Red ring rot.
Log scaler s simply refer to it as white speck. Historically, it has caused massive economic losses to the unsuspecting who have purchased older timber stands expecting good yields of lumber, as its presence often degrades a large tree to pulp wood quality. [ [http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/resources/health/field-guide/sds/redring.shtml Red Ring Rot - Field Guide to Insects and Diseases of AZ and NM Forests ] ] It's a rot of the heartwood. It reproduces by working out a rotten knot and growing a spore body or 'conk' on the outside of the tree. [ [http://web.unbc.ca/ctl/webcourses/fsty307-2/decay.html Decays ] ]External links
* [http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp Index Fungorum]
* [http://nt.ars-grin.gov/fungaldatabases USDA ARS Fungal Database]References
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