''Datroniella'' is a

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of poroid

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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 ...

. It was

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in 2014 by Chinese mycologists as a segregate genus from ''

Datronia ''Datronia'' is a genus of poroid crust fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Marinus Anton Donk in 1966, with '' Datronia mollis'' as the type species. ''Datronia'' fungi cause a white rot in hardwoods. ''Datronia'' c ...

''. ''Datroniella'' differs from ''Datronia'' by their moderately to frequently branched skeletal hyphae in the

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, and absence of dendrohyphidia (modified terminal

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e in the

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). The

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of ''Datroniella'' is '' D. scutellata'', a fungus originally described as ''Polyporus scutellatus'' by Lewis David de Schweinitz. ''Datroniella'' fungi cause a white rot, usually on

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wood.

Species

*'' Datroniella melanocarpa'' B.K.Cui, Hai J.Li & Y.C.Dai (2014) – China *'' Datroniella minuta'' Lira & Ryvarden (2016) – Brazil *'' Datroniella scutellata'' (Schwein.) B.K.Cui, Hai J.Li & Y.C.Dai (2014) *'' Datroniella subtropica'' B.K.Cui, Hai J.Li & Y.C.Dai (2014) – China *'' Datroniella tibetica'' B.K.Cui, Hai J.Li & Y.C.Dai (2014) – China *'' Datroniella tropica'' B.K.Cui, Hai J.Li & Y.C.Dai (2014) – China

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q30694174 Polyporaceae Polyporales genera Taxa described in 2014 Taxa named by Yu-Cheng Dai Taxa named by Bao-Kai Cui