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Phellinus
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<p><i>Phellinus</i> is a <a href="/facts/Genus/m8EFjSms">genus</a> of <a href="/facts/Fungi/BHo5DP59">fungi</a> in the family <a href="/facts/Hymenochaetaceae/gnGwBYqq">Hymenochaetaceae</a>. Many species cause <a href="/facts/White_rot/UHRCmnQ8">white rot</a>. <a href="/facts/Sporocarp_(fungus)/ftuHhG1E">Fruit bodies</a>, which are found growing on wood, are <a href="/facts/Resupinate/JxnLvK1M">resupinate</a>, <a href="/facts/Sessility_(botany)/ySFsrG7S">sessile</a>, and <a href="/facts/Perennial/MQ3NvAUW">perennial</a>. The <a href="/facts/Trama_(mycology)/C9QvGj7h">flesh</a> is tough and woody or cork-like, and brown in color. <a href="/facts/Clamp_connection/Pz2Dbjtz">Clamp connections</a> are absent, and the skeletal <a href="/facts/Hypha/xogd3AHz">hyphae</a> are yellowish-brown. </p><p>The name <i>Phellinus</i> means <i>cork</i>. </p><p>The species <i><a href="/facts/Phellinus_ellipsoideus/akKSXY1I">Phellinus ellipsoideus</a></i> (previously <i>Fomitiporia ellipsoidea</i>) produced the largest ever fungal fruit body. </p> <p><i>Phellinus</i> species produce a number of natural chemicals which are of interest to science. These include the natural <a href="/facts/Phenol/ACJs5NIU">phenol</a> <a href="/facts/Hispidin/kwsKYvgv">hispidin</a>, <a href="/facts/Bio-active/jJ14jyvc">bio-active</a> styrylpyrones called phelligridins, and bio-active <a href="/facts/Strain_(biology)/xFv4QWjN">isolates</a> called phellinins. </p>