Pirex

Pirex
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Meruliaceae
Genus:	Pirex; Hjortstam & Ryvarden (1985)
Type species
	Pirex concentricus; (Cooke & Ellis) Hjortstam & Ryvarden (1985)
Synonyms
	Radulum concentricum Cooke & Ellis (1885); Phlebia concentrica (Cooke & Ellis) Kropp & Nakasone (1985); Pseudolagarobasidium concentricum (Cooke & Ellis) Hjortstam (1995);

Pirex is a fungal genus in the family Meruliaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single crust fungus Pirex concentricus. It is found in the Pacific Northwest region of North America, where it causes a white rot in woody hardwood and conifer debris generated by timber harvesting.^[1]

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