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Pycnoporellus

Pycnoporellus is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The widespread genus, circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1905, contains two species.

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Pycnoporellus
Pycnoporellus alboluteus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Genus: Pycnoporellus
Murrill (1905)
Type species
Pycnoporellus fibrillosus
(P.Karst.) Murrill (1905)
Species

P. alboluteus
P. fulgens

Synonyms1
  • Aurantiporellus Murrill (1905)

Pycnoporellus is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The widespread genus, circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1905,2 contains two species.3

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References

  1. "Pycnoporellus Murrill, Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club, 32 (9): 489, 1905". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2013-08-29.
  2. Murrill, W.A. (1905). "The Polyporaceae of North America: XII. A synopsis of the white and bright-colored pileate species". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 32 (9): 469–93. doi:10.2307/2478463. JSTOR 2478463.
  3. Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 583. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.