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Porodaedalea pini, commonly known as the pine conk, [1] is a species of fungus in the family Hymenochaetaceae. It is a plant pathogen that causes tree disease commonly known as "red ring rot" or "white speck". This disease, extremely common in the conifers of North America, decays tree trunks, rendering them useless for lumber. [2]
Inonotus dryadeus (syn. Pseudoinonotus dryadeus), commonly known as oak bracket, warted oak polypore, weeping polypore or weeping conk, is an inedible species of fungus belonging to the genus Inonotus, which consists of bracket fungi with fibrous flesh. Most often found growing at the base of oak trees, it causes white rot and decay of the ...
Climacodon septentrionalis, commonly known as the northern tooth fungus or the white rot fungus, is a species of shelf fungus in the phylum Basidiomycota. [2] It is white in color and can be found in large clusters on the trunks of trees. [3] This species is a plant pathogen native to North America. [2]
Bondarzewia berkeleyi is a parasitic fungus causing butt rot in oaks and other hardwood trees. [10] It causes a white stringy rot in the roots and heartwood of the lower trunk, typically not extending more than 0.9–1.5 m (3–5 ft) upwards.
Irpex lacteus is a white-rot fungus that inhabits mainly angiosperm branches and trunks. [2] It is one of the most common wood-rotting fungi for instance in urban North America. It is inedible. [3] The fungus has been identified as a cause of pulmonary infections in immuno-compromised humans. [4]
Hot and dry conditions in the summer cause the fungus to become inactivated and the leaf spots to turn white and crusted. [11] During the summer, the diseased leaves fall leaving only the healthy ones on the partially defoliated trees. This provides a natural control for the disease. [5] The disease also mainly infects young leaves in the ...
Note also the fuzzy white scale insect in the center. Durians are an agricultural product affected by many plant pathogens and pests . Most of the information here concerns Durio zibethinus , the major commercial species, but a dozen species in the genus Durio are edible durians, and several of those are also grown commercially and these ...
The bracket fungus Fistulina hepatica is one of many that cause heart rot.. Heart rot is caused by fungi entering the trunk of the tree through wounds in the bark.These wounds are areas of the tree where bare wood is exposed and usually, a result of improper pruning, fire damage, dead branches, insects, or even animal damage.