Phanerochaete burtii
Species of fungus
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Phanerochaete burtii is a species of fungus in the family Phanerochaetaceae, presenting a thin, resupinate crust fungus with a smooth, pale orange to greyish-orange surface that becomes strongly cracked, exposing a white interior, with loosely attached hyphal strands along the margins.[1]
| Phanerochaete burtii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Phanerochaetaceae |
| Genus: | Phanerochaete |
| Species: | P. burtii |
| Binomial name | |
| Phanerochaete burtii (Romell ex Burt) Parmasto (1967) | |
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The fungus is a plant pathogen that infects plane trees.
In 2008, Nakasone concluded that samples of Corticium lloydii represent the same species, with the correct modern name being Phanerochaete burtii.[1]
