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Polyporales

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Fungus of Order Polyporales Family Miscellaneous sparassis americana crispa brevipes Xenasmataceae

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Polyporales 多孔菌目 Tai Po 大埔 20180624

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Fungus of Order Polyporales Family Phanerochaetaceae ceriporia phlebiopsis purpurea castanea

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Fungi, orden Polyporales ganoderma laetiporus fungus elegans placenta nivea campestris atlantica

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Fungus of Order Polyporales Family Ganodermataceae mushroom colossus sessile lucidum microsporum

The Polyporales are an order of about 1800 species of fungi in the division Basidiomycota. The order includes some polypores as well as many corticioid fungi and a few agarics. Many species within the order are saprotrophic, most of them wood-rotters. Some genera, such as Ganoderma and Fomes, contain species that attack living tissues and then continue to degrade the wood of their dead hosts. Those of economic importance include several important pathogens of forest and amenity trees and a few species that cause damage by rotting structural timber. Some of the Polyporales are commercially cultivated and marketed for use as food items or in traditional Chinese medicine.