''Corneroporus'' is a fungal
genus
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in the
family
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Bankeraceae
The ''Bankeraceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. Taxa are terrestrial, and ectomycorrhizal with plant species in families such as Pinaceae or Fagaceae. The family was circumscribed by Marinus Anton Donk in 1961. According ...
. It is
monotypic
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, containing the single species ''Corneroporus subcitrinus'', found in
Malaysia
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.
This fungus was originally
described in the genus ''
Boletopsis'' by mycologist
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 1989.
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Monotypic Basidiomycota genera
Thelephorales
Fungi of Malaysia
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