''Anthoporia'' is a fungal

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in the family

Meripilaceae The Meripilaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscribed by Swiss mycologist Walter Jülich in 1982 with ''Meripilus'' as the type genus. A 2008 estimate placed 7 genera and 57 species in Meripilaceae. , In ...

. It is a

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genus,

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in 2016 to contain the single species ''Anthoporia albobrunnea''.

Taxonomy

The fungus was first described scientifically by Swedish mycologist

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in 1911, who called it ''Polyporus albobrunneus''. Over the following several decades, it was shuffled to several general by different authors: ''

Leptoporus ''Leptoporus'' is a genus of polypore fungi. The type species, '' Leptoporus mollis'', is widespread throughout north temperate areas. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ("thin") and ("pore"). Although traditionally class ...

'' ( Pilát, 1938), '' Poria'' ( D.V.Baxter), ''

Tyromyces ''Tyromyces'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Petter Karsten in 1881. The type species is the widely distributed '' Tyromyces chioneus'', commonly known as the white cheese polypore. The ...

'' ( Bondartsev, 1953), ''

Antrodia ''Antrodia'' is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. ''Antrodia'' species have fruit bodies that typically resupinate (i.e., lying flat or spread out on the growing surface), with the hymenium exposed to the outside; the edges may be t ...

'' ( Ryvarden, 1973), '' Coriolellus'' (Domanski, 1974), and ''

Piloporia ''Piloporia'' is a genus of two species of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Tuomo Niemelä in 1982, with '' P. sajanensis'' as the type species. The Indian species '' P. indica'' ...

'' (Ginns, 1984).

Habitat and distribution

In 2004, ''Anthoporia albobrunnea'' was one of 33 species proposed for protection under the Bern Convention by the European Council for Conservation of Fungi.

References

Taxa described in 2016 Fungi of Europe Fomitopsidaceae {{Polyporales-stub