| Meripilus | |
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| Meripilus giganteus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Meripilaceae |
| Genus: | Meripilus P.Karst. (1882) |
| Type species | |
| Meripilus giganteus (Pers.) P.Karst. (1882)
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| Species | |
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M. applanatus | |
| Synonyms1 | |
Meripilus is a fungal genus in the family Meripilaceae.1 The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words μερίς ("part" or "portion") and πῖλος ("cap").2
Species
- Meripilus applanatus Corner (1984)3 – South Solomons
- Meripilus giganteus (Pers.) P.Karst. (1882) – Europe
- Meripilus maculatus Corner (1984)3 – Sumatra
- Meripilus sumstinei (Murrill) M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1988)4 – North America
- Meripilus tropicalis Guzmán & Pérez-Silva (1975)5 – Mexico
- Meripilus villosulus Corner (1984)3– Peninsular Malaysia
References
References
- "Meripilus P. Karst. 1882". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
- Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
- Corner, E.J.H. (1984). Ad Polyporaceas II & III. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. Vol. 78. Lubrecht & Cramer. pp. 187, 202–203.
- Larsen, M.J.; Lombard, F.F. (1988). "The status of Meripilus giganteus (Aphyllophorales, Polyporaceae) in North America" (PDF). Mycologia. 80 (5): 612–621. doi:10.2307/3807709. JSTOR 3807709.
- Guzmán, G.; Pérez-Silva, E. (1975). "Una nueva especie de Meripilus, hongo gigante destructor de la madera en la selva tropical de Mexico". Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana de Micologia (in Spanish). 9: 53–59.