Wolfiporia
| Wolfiporia | |
|---|---|
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| Sclerotium of Wolfiporia extensa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Wolfiporia Ryvarden & Gilb. (1984) |
| Type species | |
| Wolfiporia cocos (F.A.Wolf) Ryvarden & Gilb. (1984) | |
Wolfiporia is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Leif Ryvarden and Robert Lee Gilbertson in 1984 to contain the type species Wolfiporia cocos (now known as Wolfiporia extensa) and W. dilatohypha. The genus is named in honor of mycologist Frederick Adolph Wolf, who was the first to officially describe the type species.[1]
Species list
- Wolfiporia cartilaginea
- Wolfiporia castanopsis
- Wolfiporia curvispora
- Wolfiporia dilatohypha
- Wolfiporia extensa (synonym for Wolfiporia cocos)
- Wolfiporia sulphurea
References
- ↑ Ryvarden L, Gilbertson RL. (1984). "Type studies in the Polyporaceae. 15. Species described by L.O. Overholts, either alone or with J.L. Lowe". Mycotaxon 19: 137–44.
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