Phlebia radiata
| Phlebia radiata | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Meruliaceae |
| Genus: | Phlebia |
| Species: | P. radiata
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| Binomial name | |
| Phlebia radiata Fr. (1821)
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| Phlebia radiata | |
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| Mycological characteristics | |
| Pores on hymenium | |
| No distinct cap | |
| Hymenium attachment is not applicable | |
| Lacks a stipe | |
| Spore print is white | |
| Ecology is saprotrophic | |
| Edibility is inedible | |
Phlebia radiata, commonly known as the wrinkled crust, is a common species of crust fungus in the family Meruliaceae. It grows as a wrinkled, orange to pinkish waxy crust on the decaying wood of coniferous and deciduous trees, in which it causes a white rot.