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Tiger's eye fungus
Scientific name: Coltricia
Tiger's eye fungus
Scientific name: Coltricia
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Description
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Tiger's eye fungus is a large and widespread family of parasitic wood-growing fungi with around 500 species. They are commonly found on trees as brown fungi and cause several tree diseases, including heart rot and white rot.
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Species of Tiger's eye fungus
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Scientific Classification
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Phylum
Club fungi Class
Mushroom-forming fungi Order
Hymenochaetales Family
Hymenochaetaceae Genus
Tiger's eye fungus