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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Irpicaceae |
| Genus: | Irpex |
| Species: | I. lacteus
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| Irpex lacteus (Fr.) Fr. (1828)
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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.[1]
Irpex lacteus is a white-rot fungus that inhabits mainly angiosperm branches and trunks.[2] It is one of the most common wood-rotting fungi for instance in urban North America. It is inedible.[3] The fungus has been identified as a cause of pulmonary infections in immuno-compromised humans.[4]
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Yao 2017was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Gilbertson RL, Ryvarden L (1986) North American polypores 1, Abortiporus to Lindtneria. Oslo, Fungiflora.
- ^ Phillips, Roger (2010). Mushrooms and Other Fungi of North America. Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books. p. 324. ISBN 978-1-55407-651-2.
- ^ Multiple (2005). "The Polypore Mushroom Irpex lacteus, a New Causative Agent of Fungal Infections". Journal of Clinical Microbiology. 43 (4). American Society for Microbiology: 2009–2011. doi:10.1128/JCM.43.4.2009-2011.2005. PMC 1081321. PMID 15815046.