Fistulina
Encyclopedia
Fistulina is a genus
of fungi in the Fistulinaceae
family. Species in the genus cause a brown rot
of both dead and living hardwood
trees.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fungi in the Fistulinaceae
Fistulinaceae
The Fistulinaceae are a family of fungi, the best known member of which is the Beefsteak fungus Fistulina hepatica. Molecular studies have now shown it to lie within the Agaricales....
family. Species in the genus cause a brown rot
Wood-decay fungus
A wood-decay fungus is a variety of fungus that digests moist wood, causing it to rot. Some wood-decay fungi attack dead wood, such as brown rot, and some, such as Armillaria , are parasitic and colonize living trees. Fungi that not only grow on wood but actually cause it to decay, are called...
of both dead and living hardwood
Hardwood
Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees . It may also be used for those trees themselves: these are usually broad-leaved; in temperate and boreal latitudes they are mostly deciduous, but in tropics and subtropics mostly evergreen.Hardwood contrasts with softwood...
trees.