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Phaeolus

Phaeolus is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word φαιος meaning "dark" or "obscure".

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Phaeolus
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Phaeolaceae
Genus: Phaeolus
(Pat.) Pat. (1900)1
Type species
Phaeolus schweinitzii
(Fr.) Pat. (1900)
Synonyms
  • Fomes subgen. Fomes (Fr.) Fr. (1849)
  • Romellia Murrill (1904)
  • Spongiosus Lloyd ex Torrend (1920)
  • Choriphyllum Velen. (1922)

Phaeolus is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word φαιος meaning "dark" or "obscure".2

Species

  • Phaeolus amazonicus De Jesus & Ryvarden (2010)3 – Brazil
  • Phaeolus manihotis R.Heim (1931)4 – Tanzania
  • Phaeolus rigidus (Lév.) Pat. (1915)
  • Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat. (1900) – Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
  • Phaeolus subbulbipes (Henn.) O.Fidalgo & M.Fidalgo (1957)
  • Phaeolus tabulaeformis (Berk.) Pat. (1900)
References

References

  1. Patouillard, N. (1900). Essai taxonomique sur les familles et les genres des Hyménomycètes (in French). Lons-Le-Saunier. p. 86.
  2. Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
  3. De Jesus, M.A.; Ryvarden, L. (2010). "Studies in neotropical polypores 28. Two new species from Amazonas, Brazil". Synopsis Fungorum. 27: 73–77.
  4. Heim, R. (1931). "Les Phaeolus manihotis sp. nov., parasite du manioc a Madagascar et considération sur le genre Phaeolus Pat". Annales de Cryptogamie Exotique (in French). 4: 175–189.
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