Irpex lacteus
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| genus = Irpex
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Irpex lacteus is a common crust fungus distributed 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 a hydnoid hymenophore. Due to this variability and abundance of the species it has been described as a new species to science numerous times and subsequently has an extensive synonymy. The complete genome sequence of Irpex lacteus was reported in 2017.
Irpex lacteus is a white-rot fungus that inhabits mainly angiosperm branches and trunks.Gilbertson RL, Ryvarden L (1986) North American polypores 1, Abortiporus to Lindtneria. Oslo, Fungiflora. It is one of the most common wood-rotting fungi for instance in urban North America. It is inedible.{{cite book |last=Phillips |first=Roger |title=Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America |year=2010 |publisher=Firefly Books |location=Buffalo, NY |isbn=978-1-55407-651-2 |page=324}} The fungus has been identified as a cause of pulmonary infections in immuno-compromised humans.{{cite journal |last1=Multiple |title=The Polypore Mushroom Irpex lacteus, a New Causative Agent of Fungal Infections |journal=Journal of Clinical Microbiology |year=2005 |volume=43 |issue=4 |pages=2009–2011 |publisher=American Society for Microbiology |doi=10.1128/JCM.43.4.2009-2011.2005 |pmid=15815046 |pmc=1081321 }}
Taxonomy
The fungus was first described in 1818 by Elias Magnus Fries, who called it Sistotrema lacteum. Fries later made it the type species of the genus Irpex in 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)
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- 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)
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Category:Fungi described in 1818
Category:Fungi of North America
Category:Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Category:Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries
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