Cylindrobasidium laeve (Pers.) Chamuris is a fungus in the Physalacriaceae family, order Agaricales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Cylindrobasidium laeve (Pers.) Chamuris

Cylindrobasidium laeve (Pers.) Chamuris

Cylindrobasidium laeve is a Physalacriaceae fungus used as an active ingredient in mycoherbicide against black wattle in South Africa.

Genus
Cylindrobasidium
Order
Agaricales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Cylindrobasidium laeve (Pers.) Chamuris

Cylindrobasidium laeve is a species of fungus that belongs to the family Physalacriaceae. Products that have Cylindrobasidium laeve as their active ingredient are used as a mycoherbicide to control the black wattle (Acacia mearnsii) in South Africa.

Photo: (c) Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas · cc-by

Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Agaricales Physalacriaceae Cylindrobasidium

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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