Antrodia albida | |
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A plant affected by A. albida | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Fomitopsidaceae |
Genus: | Antrodia |
Species: | A. albida |
Binomial name | |
Antrodia albida | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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Antrodia albida is a species of fungus in the genus Antrodia that grows on the dead wood of deciduous trees. A widely distributed species, it is found in Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, North America, and South America. [2] The fungus was first described under the name Daedalea albida by Elias Magnus Fries in his 1815 work Observationes mycologicae. [3] Marinus Anton Donk transferred it to Antrodia in 1960. [4]