Phaeolus schweinitzii

Phaeolus schweinitzii
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Phaeolaceae
Genus: Phaeolus
Species:
P. schweinitzii
Binomial name
Phaeolus schweinitzii
(Fr.) Pat. (1900)
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Pores on hymenium
Cap is offset
Hymenium is decurrent
Stipe is bare
Spore print is white to yellow
Ecology is saprotrophic or parasitic
Edibility is inedible

Phaeolus schweinitzii, commonly known as velvet-top fungus, dyer's polypore, dyer's mazegill, or pine dye polypore, is a fungal plant pathogen.