''Ganoderma meredithiae'' is a species of
bracket fungus in the family
Ganodermataceae
The Ganodermataceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Polyporales. , Index Fungorum accepts 8 genus, genera and 300 species in the family. The family was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Dutch mycologist Marinus An ...
. Described as new to science in 1988 by mycologists James E. Adaskaveg and
Robert Lee Gilbertson, it is found in the southeastern United States in the
Gulf Coast region from east
Texas to
Georgia. The fungus causes
white rot and butt rot on living
pines, including
loblolly pine (''Pinus taeda'') and
spruce pine (''Pinus glabra''). The
holotype was collected in 1985 near
Pineville, Louisiana. ''G. meredithiae'' is named in honor of mycologist
Meredith Blackwell
Meredith May Blackwell (born 1940) is an American mycologist, known as one of the world's leading experts on fungi associated with arthropods.
Education and career
Meredith Blackwell graduated in 1961 with B.S. in biology from the University of ...
.
The complete
mitochondrial genome of ''G. meredithiae'' was published in 2015.
References
Fungi described in 1988
Fungi of the United States
Fungal plant pathogens and diseases
Ganodermataceae
Fungi without expected TNC conservation status
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