''Epithele'' is a genus of crust fungi 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 ...

Taxonomy

''Epithele'' was first proposed in 1899 by French mycologist

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as a section of the genus ''

Hypochnus ''Hypochnus'' is a genus of fungi. The original treatment of the genus by Elias Magnus Fries included various wholly unrelated species, therefore it is now considered a ''nomen ambiguum'', with the type species ''H. ferrugineus'' assigned to ''T ...

''. He included ''Hypochnus dussii'' and the type species, ''H. typhae'', based on their similar appearance, habitat, and organization. Patouillard emphasized the presence of hyphal pegs as a major distinguishing characteristic of the genus. Hyphal pegs are bundles of

hypha A hypha (; ) is a long, branching, filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium. In most fungi, hyphae are the main mode of vegetative growth, and are collectively called a mycelium. Structure A hypha consists of one or ...

e that originate in the trama and project into the

hymenium The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which produce spores. In some species all of the cells of the hymenium develop into basidia or asci, while in others some ...

. A year later, he raised ''Epithele'' to generic status, maintaining the same two species. ''Hypochnus dussii'' later became the type of the genus ''

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''. Daisy Boquiren revised the genus in 1971, accepting 13 species. Later contributions to the

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of ''Epithele'' were made by Jülich (1976), Boidin and Lanquetin (1983), Boidin and Gilles (2000), and Hjortstam and

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(2005). In 2013, Karen Nakasone emended the generic concept to include '' Epithele bambusae'' (a species without hyphal pegs), and accepted 17 species.

Species

, Index Fungorum accepts 24 species of ''Epithele'': *'' Epithele bambusae'' (Burt) K.K.Nakasone (2013) *'' Epithele bambusina'' Rick (1959) – Brazil *'' Epithele belizensis'' K.K.Nakasone (2013) *'' Epithele bisterigmata'' Boidin, Gilles & Duhem (2000) –

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*'' Epithele ceracea'' K.K.Nakasone (2013) *'' Epithele citrispora'' Boidin, Lanq. & Gilles (1983) *'' Epithele cylindricosterigmata'' Han C.Wang & Sheng H.Wu (2010) *'' Epithele efibulata'' Boidin, Lanq. & Gilles (1983) *'' Epithele fasciculata'' (G.Cunn.) Boidin & Gilles (1986) *''

Epithele horridula ''Epithele'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Polyporaceae. Taxonomy ''Epithele'' was first proposed in 1899 by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard as a section (biology), section of the genus ''Hypochnus''. He included ''Hy ...

'' Rick (1940) *'' Epithele hydnoides'' Burt (1923) – Hawaii *'' Epithele interrupta'' Bres. (1914) – Congo *'' Epithele lutea'' Han C.Wang & Sheng H.Wu (2010) *'' Epithele macarangae'' Boidin & Lanq. (1983) *'' Epithele malaiensis'' Boidin & Lanq. (1983) *'' Epithele nikau'' G.Cunn. (1956) – New Zealand *'' Epithele nivea'' Rick (1959) – Brazil *'' Epithele ovalispora'' Boidin & Lanq. (1983) *'' Epithele reunionis'' Nakasone (2013) *'' Epithele ryvardenii'' Nakasone (2013) *'' Epithele straminea'' Rick (1959) – Brazil *'' Epithele subfusispora'' (Burds. & Nakasone) Hjortstam & Ryvarden (2005) – South America *'' Epithele sulphurea'' Burt (1920) – North America *'' Epithele typhae'' (Pers.) Pat. (1900)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5383689 Taxa described in 1899 Polyporaceae Polyporales genera Taxa named by Narcisse Théophile Patouillard