''Cinereomyces'' is a

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of resupinate (crust-like)

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in the family

Gelatoporiaceae The Gelatoporiaceae are a small family of crust fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscribed in 2017 by mycologists Otto Miettinen, Alfredo Justo and David Hibbett to contain the type genus '' Gelatoporia'' and three other related ...

. The genus was

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by Swiss mycologist

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in 1981. Species in the genus have a gray pore surface except for a whitish margin, and skeletal

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e with gelatinized walls. , Index Fungorum accepts two species of ''Cinereomyces'': the

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, '' C. lindbladii'', and '' C. dilutabilis''. The latter species was transferred to ''Cinereomyces'' from '' Diplomitoporus'' in 2016.

Distribution

''Cinereomyces lindbladii'' is widely distributed, while ''C. dilutabilis'' has been recorded from Brazil and Costa Rica.

References

External links

* Gelatoporiaceae Polyporales genera Fungi described in 1982 Taxa named by Walter Jülich {{Polyporales-stub