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Heterobasidion occidentale

Heterobasidion occidentale. Photo: (c) Christian Schwarz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Heterobasidion occidentale is a tree root-rotting pathogenic fungus in the family Bondarzewiaceae. It is endemic in western North America west of the Rocky Mountains from Alaska to southern Mexico. While a natural agent of forest turnover, H. occidentale has become of increased concern due to forest management processes such as pre-commercial thinning, altered site density and species composition, and carbon sequestration. H. occidentale forms part of the genus that includes other species forming the important forest pest Heterobasidion…

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Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Bondarzewiaceae
Genus: Heterobasidion
Species: Heterobasidion occidentale

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