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Rigidoporus laetus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Meripilaceae
Genus:	Rigidoporus
Species:	R. laetus
Binomial name
Rigidoporus laetus (Cooke) P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (1988)
Synonyms
Polyporus laetus Cooke (1883) Fomes laetus (Cooke) Lloyd (1915) Coltricia laeta (Cooke) G.Cunn. (1948)

Rigidoporus laetus is a species of polypore fungus in the family Meripilaceae. It was originally described in 1883 as Polyporus laetus by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke. Peter Buchanan and Leif Ryvarden transferred it to Rigidoporus in 1988. Found in south Australia, the fungus is a plant pathogen that causes white rot in Eucalyptus.

References

1. Cunningham, G.H. (1948). "New Zealand Polyporaceae. 6. The genus Coltricia". Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Industrial Research. 77: 1–10.
2. "GSD Species Synonymy: Rigidoporus laetus (Cooke) P.K. Buchanan & Ryvarden". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
3. Cooke, M.C. (1883). "Australian fungi". Grevillea. 12 (61): 8–21.
4. Buchanan, P.L.; Ryvarden, L. (1988). "Type studies in the Polyporaceae – 18. Species described by G.H. Cunningham". Mycotaxon. 31 (1): 1–38 (see p. 8).
5. Keane, P.J.; Kile, G.A.; Podger, F.D.; Brown, B.N. (2000). Diseases and Pathogens of Eucalypts. Csiro Publishing. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-643-09884-8.

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