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Irpex lacteus
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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.
- Family
- Irpicaceae
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- Name
- Irpex lacteus
- Slug
- irpex-lacteus
- Kingdom
- Fungi
- Family
- Irpicaceae
- Genus
- Irpex
- Species
- lacteus
- Wikidata QID
- Q5231679
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 28
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