Fomitopsidaceae

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Fomitopsidaceae
Fomitopsis pinicola, member of the Fomitopsidaceae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Jülich (1982)
Type genus
P.Karst.
(1881)
Synonyms[1]
  • Daedaleaceae Jülich (1981)
  • Piptoporaceae Jülich (1981)

The Fomitopsidaceae are a

parasitic on woody plants, and tend to cause brown rots.[2] The name comes from Fomitopsis (meaning "looking like Fomes
") + -aceae (a suffix used to form taxonomic family names).

Genera

In a proposed family-level classification of the Polyporales based on molecular phylogenetics, Alfredo Justo and colleagues accept 14 genera in the Fomitopsidaceae:[1] Anthoporia, Antrodia, Buglossoporus, Cartilosoma, Daedalea, Fomitopsis, Fragifomes, Melanoporia, Neolentiporus, Niveoporofomes, Rhodofomes, Rhodofomitopsis, Rubellofomes, and Ungulidaedalea.

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