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Ganoderma philippii

Fungal Diseases of Crops

Ganoderma philippii is a basidiomycete fungus in the family Ganodermataceae, originally described in 1891 as Fomes philippii and reclassified into its current genus in 1932. It is a plant pathogen infecting cacao, tea and coffee trees, three economically important commodity crops, and carries several taxonomic synonyms reflecting its long nomenclatural history. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Ganoderma philippii is a basidiomycete fungus in the family Ganodermataceae, originally described in 1891 as Fomes philippii and reclassified into its current genus in 1932.
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