Hexagonia (fungus)

Hexagonia

Hexagonia hydnoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Basidiomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Hexagonia Fr.
Type species
Favolus hirtus P. Beauv.
Synonyms
Hexagona

Hexagonia is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains 16 species.^[1]

Species

Hexagonia apiaria
Hexagonia dermatiphora
Hexagonia hirta
Hexagonia hydnoides
Hexagonia leprosa
Hexagonia niam-niamensis
Hexagonia nitida
Hexagonia pobeguinii
Hexagonia similis
Hexagonia speciosa
Hexagonia tenuis
Hexagonia umbrinella
Hexagonia variegata
Hexagonia velutina
Hexagonia vesparia
Hexagonia zambesiana

References

↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

External links

Hexagonia (fungus) in Index Fungorum

Media related to Hexagonia at Wikimedia Commons

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