About Tyromyces galactinus (Berk.) J.Lowe
Tyromyces galactinus is a species of poroid fungus belonging to the family Polyporaceae. It is found in North America, where it acts as a plant pathogen that causes white rot in broad-leaved trees. Miles Joseph Berkeley first formally described this fungus in 1847. The type specimen was collected near Waynesville, Ohio, growing on rotting tree trunks. Russian mycologist Appollinaris Semenovich Bondartsev originally placed this species in the genus Tyromyces in 1953, but this original name was invalid because it did not follow the rules for species naming. Josiah Lincoln Lowe validly transferred the fungus to the genus Tyromyces in 1975, giving the species its current accepted scientific name.
