''Aurantiporus'' is a

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of poroid fungi in the family

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by American mycologist

William Alphonso Murrill William Alphonso Murrill (October 13, 1869 – December 25, 1957) was an American mycologist, known for his contributions to the knowledge of the Agaricales and Polyporaceae. In 1904, he became the assistant Curator at the New York Botanical Ga ...

in 1905, the genus contains five species found mostly in northern

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regions.

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analysis of several ''Aurantiporus'' species suggests that the genus is not

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, but some other related polypore species need to be sequenced and studied before appropriate

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changes can be made. In 2018, Viktor Papp and Bálint Dima proposed a new genus '' Odoria'' to contain ''Aurantiporus alborubescens'' based on multigene phylogenetic analyses. The generic name is derived from the

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''aurantius'' ("orange") and the

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(pore).

Species

*'' Aurantiporus albidus'' Rajchenb. & Cwielong (1995) – Argentina *'' Aurantiporus alborubescens'' (Bourdot & Galzin) H.Jahn (1973) – Europe *'' Aurantiporus fissilis'' (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) H.Jahn ex Ryvarden (1978) – Europe *'' Aurantiporus pilotae'' (Schwein.) Murrill (1905) *'' Aurantiporus transformatus'' (Núñez & Ryvarden) Spirin & Zmitr. (2006)

References

Taxa described in 1905 Meruliaceae Polyporales genera Taxa named by William Alphonso Murrill {{Polyporales-stub