Irpex lacteus

Irpex lacteus
	Irpex lacteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Basidiomycetes
Subclass:	Agaricomycetidae
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Steccherinaceae
Genus:	Irpex
Species:	I. lacteus
Binomial name
	Irpex lacteus; (Fr.) Fr., (1828)
Synonyms
	Boletus cinerascens Schwein., (1822); Boletus tulipiferae Schwein., (1822); Coriolus lacteus (Fr.) Pat., (1900); Coriolus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Pat., (1900); Daedalea diabolica Speg., (1889); Hirschioporus lacteus (Fr.) Teng, (1963); Hydnum lacteum (Fr.) Fr., (1823); Irpex bresadolae Schulzer, (1885); Irpex diabolicus (Speg.) Bres., (1919); Irpex hirsutus Kalchbr., (1878); Irpex lacteus f. sinuosus (Fr.) Nikol., (1953); Irpex pallescens Fr., (1838); Irpex sinuosus Fr., (1828); Irpiciporus lacteus (Fr.) Murrill, (1907); Irpiciporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Murrill, (1905); Microporus chartaceus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Kuntze, (1898); Microporus cinerascens (Schwein.) Kuntze, (1898); Polyporus chartaceus Berk. & M.A. Curtis, (1849); Polyporus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Overh. [as 'tulipiferus'], (1915); Polystictus bresadolae (Schulzer) Sacc., (1888); Polystictus chartaceus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Cooke, (1886); Polystictus cinerascens (Schwein.) Cooke, (1886); Polystictus cinerescens (Schwein.) Cooke; Polystictus tulipiferae (Schwein.) Cooke, (1886); Poria cincinnati Berk. ex Cooke, (1886); Poria tulipiferae (Schwein.) Cooke, (1888); Sistotrema lacteum Fr., (1818); Steccherinum lacteum (Fr.) Krieglst.,(1999); Trametes lactea (Fr.) Pilát, (1940); Xylodon bresadolae (Schulzer) Kuntze, (1898); Xylodon hirsutus (Kalchbr.) Kuntze, (1898); Xylodon lacteus (Fr.) Kuntze, (1898); Xylodon pallescens (Fr.) Kuntze, (1898); Xylodon sinuosus (Fr.) Kuntze, (1898)

Irpex lacteus is a common fungus spread throughout temperate areas of the world. It is the type of the genus Irpex. Irpex lacteus is considered a polypore, but depending on growth conditions it can also produce hydnoid hymenophore. Due to this variability and abundance of the species it has been described as a new species to science numerous times.

Irpex lacteus is a white-rot fungus that inhabits mainly angiosperm branches and trunks.^[1] It is one of the most common wood-rotting fungi for instance in urban North America. Irpex lacteus belongs to the order Polyporales.

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References

^ Gilbertson RL, Ryvarden L (1986) North American polypores 1, Abortiporus to Lindtneria. Oslo, Fungiflora.

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[1] Gilbertson RL, Ryvarden L (1986) North American polypores 1, Abortiporus to Lindtneria. Oslo, Fungiflora.

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