''Phellinus pomaceus'' is a

plant pathogen Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological factors). Organisms that cause infectious disease include fungi, oomyc ...

particularly common on ''

Prunus ''Prunus'' is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes (among many others) the fruits plums, cherries, peaches, nectarines, apricots, and almonds. Native to the North American temperate regions, the neotropics of South America, and the p ...

'' species. It is not aggressively pathogenic but can cause considerable decay in trees suffering from other stress factors.

References

Fungal tree pathogens and diseases Stone fruit tree diseases pomaceus Fungi described in 1933 Taxa named by Christiaan Hendrik Persoon {{Agaricomycetes-stub