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Daedalea

Daedalea is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1801 by mycologist Christian Hendrik Persoon, based on the type D. quercina and four other species. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek δαιδαλεος.

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Daedalea
Daedalea quercina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Genus: Daedalea
Pers. (1801)
Type species
Daedalea quercina
(L.) Pers. (1801)
Synonyms1
  • Striglia Adans. (1763)
  • Xylostroma Tode (1790)
  • Agarico-suber Paulet (1793)
  • Spelaeomyces Fresen. (1863)
  • Agaricus Murrill (1905)
  • Phaeodaedalea M.Fidalgo (1962)

Daedalea is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1801 by mycologist Christian Hendrik Persoon, based on the type D. quercina and four other species.2 The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek δαιδαλεος ("curiously wrought").3

Species

  • Daedalea abortiva (Peck) Pat. (1900)
  • Daedalea aethalodes (Mont.) Rajchenb. (1986) – Bolivia
  • Daedalea africana I.Johans. & Ryvarden (1980) – Zambia
  • Daedalea allantoidea M.L.Han, B.K.Cui & Y.C.Dai (2016) – China4
  • Daedalea ambigua Berk. (1845)
  • Daedalea americana M.L.Han & B.K.Cui (2015)5 – North America; Central America
  • Daedalea candicans P.Karst. (1911)
  • Daedalea circularis B.K.Cui & Hai J.Li (2013)6
  • Daedalea dickinsii Yasuda (1923)
  • Daedalea dochmia (Berk. & Broome) T.Hatt. (2005) – Cuba; Philippines
  • Daedalea ealaensis Beeli (1929)
  • Daedalea epidryphloeus E.H.L.Krause (1928)
  • Daedalea favoloides Murrill (1912)
  • Daedalea fulvirubida (Corner) T.Hatt. (2005)
  • Daedalea hydnoides I.Lindblad & Ryvarden (1999)7 – Costa Rica
  • Daedalea laciniata (Pers.) Pat. (1900)
  • Daedalea langkawiensis Corner (1987)8
  • Daedalea ligneotexta Van der Byl (1924)
  • Daedalea lusor (Corner) T.Hatt. (2005)
  • Daedalea microsticta Cooke (1882)
  • Daedalea milliaui Beeli (1930)
  • Daedalea moesta (Kalchbr.) Rajchenb. (1986)
  • Daedalea mollicula Lloyd (1922)
  • Daedalea neotropica D.L.Lindner, Ryvarden & T.J.Baroni (2011)9
  • Daedalea ochracea Velen. (1922)
  • Daedalea parasitica Velen. (1922)
  • Daedalea pinicola (Lázaro Ibiza) Sacc. & Trotter (1925)
  • Daedalea proserpens E.H.L.Krause (1928)
  • Daedalea pseudodochmia (Corner) T.Hatt. (2005)
  • Daedalea quercina (L.) Pers. (1801) – Africa; Europe
  • Daedalea radiata B.K.Cui & Hai J.Li (2013)6
  • Daedalea reflexa Lloyd (1922) – Philippines
  • Daedalea roseola Lloyd (1922)
  • Daedalea ryvardeniana Drechsler-Santos & Robledo (2012)10 – Brazil
  • Daedalea stevensonii Petr. (1959)
  • Daedalea sulcata (Berk.) Ryvarden (1977) – Philippines
  • Daedalea trametea (Quél.) Sacc. & Traverso (1910)
References

References

  1. "Synonymy: Daedalea Pers". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 2018-03-16.
  2. Murrill, W.A. (1903). "A historical review of the genera of the polyporaceae". The Journal of Mycology. 9 (2): 87–102. doi:10.2307/3752511. JSTOR 3752511.
  3. Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
  4. Han, Mei-Ling; Chen, Yuan Yuan; Shen, Lulu; Cui, Bao-Kai (2016). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the brown-rot fungi: Fomitopsis and its related genera". Fungal Diversity. 80: 1–31. doi:10.1007/s13225-016-0364-y. S2CID 256069014. Open access icon
  5. Han, M.-L.; Vlasak, Josef; Cui, Bao-Kai (2015). "Daedalea americana sp. nov. (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) evidenced by morphological characters and phylogenetic analysis". Phytotaxa. 204 (4): 277–286. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.204.4.4.
  6. Li, H.-J.; Cui, B.-K. (2013). "Two new Daedalea species (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from South China". Mycoscience. 54: 62–68. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2012.07.005.
  7. Lindblad, I.; Ryvarden, L. (1999). "Studies in neotropical polypores. 3. New and interesting Basidiomycetes (Poriales) from Costa Rica". Mycotaxon. 71: 335–359.
  8. Corner, E.J.H. (1987). Ad Polyporaceas IV. Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia. Vol. 86. Lubrecht & Cramer. p. 11. ISBN 978-3443510084.
  9. Lindner, D.L.; Ryvarden, L.; Baroni, T.J. (2011). "A new species of Daedalea (Basidiomycota) and a synopsis of core species in Daedalea sensu stricto". North American Fungi. 6: 1–12. doi:10.2509/naf2011.006.004. Open access icon
  10. Drechsler-Santos, Elisandro R.; Cavalcanti, María A. de Queiroz; Loguercio-Leite, Clarice; Robledo, Gerardo L. (2012). "On neotropical Daedalea species: Daedalea ryvardenica sp. nov". Kurtziana. 37 (1): 65–72.
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