Coniferiporia weirii

Coniferiporia weirii
Fruit bodies
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Genus: Coniferiporia
Species:
C. weirii
Binomial name
Coniferiporia weirii
(Murrill) L.W. Zhou & Y.C. Dai (2016)
Synonyms
List
  • Fomitiporia weirii Murrill (1914)
  • Poria weirii (Murrill) Murrill (1914)
  • Fuscoporia weirii (Murrill) Aoshima (1953)
  • Inonotus weirii (Murrill) Kotl. & Pouzar (1970)
  • Phellinidium weirii (Murrill) Y.C.Dai (1995)
  • Phellinus weirii (Murrill) Gilb. (1974)

Coniferiporia weirii is a species of fungus. It is a plant pathogen that causes laminated root rot in certain conifers, typically Douglas-fir and western redcedar. It is widespread in the Douglas-fir growing regions of British Columbia, Washington and Oregon.

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