Peniophora cinerea (Pers.) Cooke is a fungus in the Peniophoraceae family, order Russulales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Peniophora cinerea (Pers.) Cooke

Peniophora cinerea (Pers.) Cooke

Peniophora cinerea is a Peniophoraceae fungus pathogen of black walnut, found in Asia and North America.

Genus
Peniophora
Order
Russulales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Peniophora cinerea (Pers.) Cooke

Peniophora cinerea (Pers.) Cooke is a fungus species belonging to the family Peniophoraceae. It acts as a plant pathogen that infects black walnut (Juglans nigra). Christiaan Hendrik Persoon first described this organism as a member of the genus Corticium in 1797. Mordecai Cubitt Cooke reclassified it, moving it to the genus Peniophora, in 1879. This fungus occurs in Asia and North America.

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Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Russulales Peniophoraceae Peniophora

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