Rigidoporus laetus is a species of polypore fungus in the family Meripilaceae. It was originally described in 1883 as Polyporus laetus by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke.[3] Peter Buchanan and Leif Ryvarden transferred it to Rigidoporus in 1988.[4] Found in south Australia, the fungus is a plant pathogen that causes white rot in Eucalyptus.[5]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Meripilaceae |
| Genus: | Rigidoporus |
| Species: | R. laetus
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| Binomial name | |
| Rigidoporus laetus | |
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References edit
- ^ Cunningham, G.H. (1948). "New Zealand Polyporaceae. 6. The genus Coltricia". Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Industrial Research. 77: 1–10.
- ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Rigidoporus laetus (Cooke) P.K. Buchanan & Ryvarden". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
- ^ Cooke, M.C. (1883). "Australian fungi". Grevillea. 12 (61): 8–21.
- ^ Buchanan, P.L.; Ryvarden, L. (1988). "Type studies in the Polyporaceae – 18. Species described by G.H. Cunningham". Mycotaxon. 31 (1): 1–38 (see p. 8).
- ^ Keane, P.J.; Kile, G.A.; Podger, F.D.; Brown, B.N. (2000). Diseases and Pathogens of Eucalypts. Csiro Publishing. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-643-09884-8.
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