Polyporus
Polyporus | |
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Polyporus tuberaster | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Polyporaceae |
Genus: | Polyporus P.Micheli ex Adans. (1763) |
Type species | |
Pers.) Fr. (1815)
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Polyporus is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the underside of the cap.[1] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek words πολύς ("many") and πόρος ("pore").[2]
sensu stricto.[4]
The identity of the
Selected species
There are almost 250 species recognised including:
- Polyporus australiensis
- Polyporus gayanus
- Polyporus leprieurii
- Polyporus minutosquamosus – French Guiana[11]
- Polyporus phyllostachydis
- Polyporus radicatus
- Polyporus tuberaster, tuberous polypore (type species)
- Polyporus umbellatus
References
- ^ Micheli, P.A. (1729). Nova Plantarum Genera. Florentia: Typis Bernardi Paperinii. p. 129, t. 70–71.
- ^ Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
- ^ Fries E.M. (1855). Novae Symbolae Mycologicae (in Latin). Uppsala: Excudit C.A. Leffler Reg. Acad. Typographus. pp. 17–136.
- ^ Núñez, Maria; Ryvarden, Leif (1995). "Polyporus (Basidiomycotina) and related genera". Synopsis Fungorum. 10: 1–85.
- ^ Clements, Frederic E.; Shear, Cornelius L. (1931). The Genera of Fungi. New York: Hafner Publishing. p. 347.
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- ISBN 978-8290724462.
- ^ Overholts, Lee Oras (1953). The Polyporaceae of the United States, Alaska and Canada. University of Michigan Studies. Vol. 19.
- ^ da Silveira, Rosa Mara Borges; Wright, Jorge Eduardo (2005). "The taxonomy of Echinochaete and Polyporus s. str. in South America". Mycotaxon. 93: 1–59.
- S2CID 22100239.
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External links
- Lentinoid and Polyporoid Fungi, Two Generic Conglomerates Containing Important Medicinal Mushrooms in Molecular Perspective at Molecular Phylogeny