''Austrolentinus'' is a fungal genus in the family

Polyporaceae The Polyporaceae are a family of poroid fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. The flesh of their fruit bodies varies from soft (as in the case of the dryad's saddle illustrated) to very tough. Most members of this family have their hymeniu ...

. Segregated from the genus '' Lentinus'', it is monotypic, containing the single species ''Austrolentinus tenebrosus'', which was first described by

E.J.H. Corner Edred John Henry Corner FRS (12 January 1906 – 14 September 1996) was an English mycologist and botanist who occupied the posts of assistant director at the Singapore Botanic Gardens (1929–1946) and Professor of Tropical Botany at the Univ ...

in 1981 as ''Panus tenebrosus''. ''Austrolentinus'' was

circumscribed In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius. Not every polyg ...

by Norwegian mycologist

Leif Ryvarden Leif Randulff Ryvarden (born 9 August 1935) is a Norwegian mycologist. Early life and education Leif Ryvarden was born in Bergen as a son of Einar Norberg Johansen (1900–1959) and Hjørdis Randulff (1912–1975). He finished his secondary edu ...

in 1991. The fungus occurs in Queensland, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea, and the

Malay Peninsula The Malay Peninsula (Malay: ''Semenanjung Tanah Melayu'') is a peninsula in Mainland Southeast Asia. The landmass runs approximately north–south, and at its terminus, it is the southernmost point of the Asian continental mainland. The area ...

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Fungi of Asia Fungi of Australia Fungi of New Guinea Fungi of Oceania Polyporaceae Monotypic Polyporales genera Taxa named by Leif Ryvarden Taxa described in 1991 {{Polyporales-stub