Tyromyces galactinus

Tyromyces galactinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Incrustoporiaceae
Genus:	Tyromyces
Species:	T. galactinus
Binomial name
	Tyromyces galactinus; (Berk.) J.Lowe (1975)
Synonyms
	Polyporus galactinus Berk. (1847); Leptoporus galactinus (Berk.) Pat. (1900); Spongipellis galactinus (Berk.) Pat. (1900); Polyporus iowensis Lloyd (1925); Tyromyces galactinus (Berk.) Bondartsev (1953); Leptoporellus galactinus (Berk.) Spirin (2001);

Tyromyces galactinus is a species of poroid fungus in the family Polyporaceae. Found in North America, is a plant pathogen that causes a white rot in broad-leaved trees. The fungus was first described by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1847. The type was collected near Waynesville, Ohio, where it was found growing on rotting trunks.^[2] Although originally placed in genus Tyromyces by Russian mycologist Appollinaris Semenovich Bondartsev in 1953,^[3] the name is invalid as it did not confirm to the rules for naming species. Josiah Lincoln Lowe transferred the fungus to Tyromyces validly in 1975.^[4]

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