''Ceriporiopsis'' is a

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fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from ...

in the family

Phanerochaetaceae The Phanerochaetaceae are a family of mostly crust fungi in the order Polyporales. Taxonomy Phanerochaetaceae was first conceived by Swedish mycologist John Eriksson in 1958 as the subfamily Phanerochaetoideae of the Corticiaceae. It was later ...

. The genus is widely distributed, and, according to a 2008 estimate, contains about 25 species. ''Ceriporiopsis'' was

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in 1963 by Polish mycologist Stanislaw Domanski. The genus is a wastebasket taxon, containing "species that share common macroscopic and microscopic characteristics, but are not necessarily related." ''Ceriporiopsis'' species are crust fungi that cause a Wood-decay fungus#White rot, white rot. They have a monomitic hyphal system, containing only generative hyphae, and these hyphae have clamp connections.

Species

*''Ceriporiopsis alboaurantia'' C.L.Zhao, B.K.Cui & Y.C.Dai (2014) – China *''Ceriporiopsis albonigrescens'' Núñez, Parmasto & Ryvarden (2001) *''Ceriporiopsis allantosporus'' Ryvarden (2016) – Colombia *''Ceriporiopsis aurantitingens'' (Corner) T.Hatt. (2002) *''Ceriporiopsis balaenae'' Niemelä (1985) *''Ceriporiopsis carnegiae'' (D.V.Baxter) Gilb. & Ryvarden (1985) *''Ceriporiopsis cerussata'' (Bres.) Ryvarden (1988) *''Ceriporiopsis cinnamomea'' Ryvarden, Gomes-Silva & Gibertoni (2016) – Brazil *''Ceriporiopsis consobrina'' (Bres.) Ryvarden (1988) *''Ceriporiopsis coprosmae'' (G.Cunn.) P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (1988) *''Ceriporiopsis costaricensis'' M.Mata & Ryvarden (2010) *''Ceriporiopsis cremea'' (Parmasto) Ryvarden (1986) *''Ceriporiopsis cremeicarnea'' (Corner) T.Hatt. (2002) *''Ceriporiopsis cystidiata'' Log.-Leite, G.V.C.Gonç. & Ryvarden (2001) *''Ceriporiopsis dentata'' Ryvarden (2016) – Mexico *''Ceriporiopsis egula'' C.J.Yu & Y.C.Dai (2007) *''Ceriporiopsis fimbriata'' C.L.Zhao & Y.C.Dai (2015) *''Ceriporiopsis flavilutea'' (Murrill) Ryvarden (1985) *''Ceriporiopsis gilvescens'' (Bres.) Domański (1963) *''Ceriporiopsis guidella'' Bernicchia & Ryvarden (2003) *''Ceriporiopsis herbicola'' Fortey & Ryvarden (2007) *''Ceriporiopsis hydnoidea'' Ryvarden & Iturr. (2004) *''Ceriporiopsis hypolateritius'' (Berk. ex Cooke) Ryvarden (2015) *''Ceriporiopsis irregularis'' Ryvarden (2016) – Venezuela *''Ceriporiopsis jelicii'' (Tortič & A.David) Ryvarden & Gilb. (1993) *''Ceriporiopsis jensii'' Læssøe & Ryvarden (2010) *''Ceriporiopsis kunmingensis'' C.L.Zhao (2016) – China *''Ceriporiopsis lagerheimii'' Læssøe & Ryvarden (2010) – Ecuador, China *''Ceriporiopsis lavendula'' B.K.Cui (2013) *''Ceriporiopsis lowei'' Rajchenb. (1987) *''Ceriporiopsis merulinus'' (Berk.) Rajchenb. (2003) *''Ceriporiopsis microporus'' T.T.Chang & W.N.Chou (1999) *''Ceriporiopsis mucida'' (Pers.) Gilb. & Ryvarden (1985) *''Ceriporiopsis namibiensis'' Leif Ryvarden (2016) – Namibia *''Ceriporiopsis nigra'' Ryvarden (2001) *''Ceriporiopsis obscura'' Ryvarden (2000) *''Ceriporiopsis portcrosensis'' (A.David) Ryvarden & Gilb. (1993) *''Ceriporiopsis pseudoplacenta'' Vlasák & Ryvarden (2012) *''Ceriporiopsis resinascens'' (Romell) Domański (1963) *''Ceriporiopsis rosea'' C.L.Zhao & Y.C.Dai (2015) *''Ceriporiopsis semisupina'' C.L.Zhao, B.K.Cui & Y.C.Dai (2014) – China *''Ceriporiopsis subsphaerospora'' (A.David) M.Pieri & B.Rivoire (1996) *''Ceriporiopsis subvermispora'' (Pilát) Gilb. & Ryvarden (1985) *''Ceriporiopsis umbrinescens'' (Murrill) Ryvarden (1985) *''Ceriporiopsis vinosa'' Ryvarden (2004)

References

Phanerochaetaceae Polyporales genera Taxa described in 1963 {{Polyporales-stub