Neofavolus

Neofavolus
Neofavolus alveolaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Neofavolus
Sotome & T.Hatt. (2012)
Type species
Neofavolus alveolaris
(DC.) Sotome & T.Hatt. (2012)
Species
  • N. alveolaris
  • N. cremeoalbidus
  • N. mikawai

Neofavolus is a genus of three species of polypore fungi in the family Polyporaceae. All three known species of Neofavolus are known from temperate regions and unknown from the tropics. Neofavolus alveolaris, the type species, is widely distributed in the temperate areas of the Northern Hemisphere, while the other two species are known only from limited areas of eastern Asia.[1]

References

  1. Sotome K, Akagi Y, Lee SS, Ishikawa NK,Hattori T. (2013). "Taxonomic study of Favolus and Neofavolus gen. nov. segregated from Polyporus (Basidiomycota, Polyporales)". Fungal Diversity 58 (1): 245–66. doi:10.1007/s13225-012-0213-6.

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