Meripilaceae

Meripilaceae
Meripilus giganteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Meripilaceae
Jülich (1982)
Type genus
Meripilus
P.Karst. (1882)

The Meripilaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was defined by Swiss mycologist Walter Jülich in 1982 with Meripilus as the type genus.[1] A 2008 estimate places 7 genera and 57 species in Meripilaceae.[2]

Genera

References

  1. ↑ Jülich W. (1982). Higher taxa of Basidiomycetes. Bibliotheca Mycologica 85. Vaduz: J. Cramer. p. 378.
  2. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 418. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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