Red Ring Rot

These conks are the outward sign that a tree is infected with red ring rot. While lumbermen will cringe at the sight, for wildlife and forest growth it can be a good thing. The fallen trees encourage forest growth and the cavities the rot creates are homes for many creatures.

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Great find, morpheme, love your attention to details. Posted 10 years ago

gary fast

Lion

Hi there, is Phellinus pini the same as Porodaedalea pini? My research seems to indicate it is but I’m still unclear which is the more common or newer name? What is your take on this question? Posted 5 years ago
1. morpheme
  
  Lion
  
  It would appear that Porodaedalea pini is a synonym and is the newest name. Things are changing fast the fungal world.... I think as dna sequencing becomes cheaper and faster we may see more and more taxonomy changes. Posted 5 years ago
2. 1. gary fast
    
    Lion
    
    Definitely hard for me to keep up with particularly when all my references are books printed quite a few years ago. LOL! Yes, the internet is a great help but the information seems, to me, to be scattered. Of DNA sequencing... both our daughter and her husband have degrees in molecular genetics and teach at UBC. Lots of talk about “sequencing”. Posted 5 years ago

The Red ring rot

''Phellinus pini'' Murrill 1905) is a fungal plant pathogen that causes tree disease commonly known as "Red ring rot" or "White speck." This disease, extremely common in the conifers of North America, decays tree trunks, rendering them useless for lumber....hieroglyph snipped... It is a rot of the heartwood. Signs of the fungus include shelf-shaped conks protruding from the trunks of trees. Spores produced on these conks are blown by the wind and go on to infect other trees....hieroglyph snipped..... more

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Similar species: Hymenochaetales

Species identified by morpheme