Daedaleopsis

Daedaleopsis
Daedaleopsis confragosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Daedaleopsis
(Bolton) J.Schröt. (1888)[1]
Type species
Daedaleopsis confragosa
(Bolton) J.Schröt.
Species

D. confragosa
D. nipponica
D. papyraceoresupinata
D. pergamenea
D. septentrionalis
D. sinensis

Daedaleopsis is a genus of fungi in the Polyporaceae family. The widely distributed genus contains six species.[2] The name Daedaleopsis is a reference to Daedalus, the labyrinth-maker of myth. Similarly, the maze-like pattern of pores is taxonomically described as being daedaloid.

References

  1. Schröter J. (1888). Kryptogamen-Flora von Schlesien. Vol. 3-1(4) (in German). p. 492.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 193. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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