Rigidoporus laetus

Rigidoporus laetus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Meripilaceae
Genus:	Rigidoporus
Species:	R. laetus
Binomial name
	Rigidoporus laetus; (Cooke) P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (1988)
Synonyms
	Polyporus laetus Cooke (1883); Fomes laetus (Cooke) Lloyd (1915); Coltricia laeta (Cooke) G.Cunn. (1948);

Rigidoporus laetus is a species of polypore fungus in the family Meripilaceae. It was originally described in 1883 as Polyporus laetus by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke.^[3] Peter Buchanan and Leif Ryvarden transferred it to Rigidoporus in 1988.^[4] Found in south Australia, the fungus is a plant pathogen that causes white rot in Eucalyptus.^[5]

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