''Gloeoporus dichrous'' is a species of

fungus 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 th ...

in the family

Irpicaceae The Irpicaceae are a family of mostly polypores and crust fungi in the order Polyporales. Taxonomy The family was circumscribed in 2003 by mycologists Viacheslav Spirin and Ivan Zmitrovich. The type genus is '' Irpex''. Later multi-gene phylogen ...

. First described as ''Polyporus dichrous'' by

Elias Magnus Fries Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. Career Fries was born at Femsjö (Hylte Municipality), Småland, the son of the pastor there. He attended school in Växjö. He acquired ...

in 1815, it was later transferred to the genus ''

Gloeoporus ''Gloeoporus'' is a genus of crust fungi in the family Irpicaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Taxonomy ''Gloeoporus'' was created by French mycologist Camille Montagne in 1842 to contain the subtropical species ''Gloeoporus conchoi ...

'' by Italian mycologist

Giacomo Bresadola Giacomo Bresadola ( Mezzana, Trento; often given as Giacopo) 14 February 1847 – Trento 9 June 1929) was an eminent Italian mycologist. Fungi he named include the deadly '' Lepiota helveola'' and ''Inocybe patouillardii'', though the latter ...

in 1912. The variety ''G. dichrous'' var. ''niger'' (formerly known as ''Ceriporiopsis nigra'') was proposed in 2008 after

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analysis revealed the two taxa were conspecific. ''G. dichrous'' is inedible.

References

Fungi described in 1815 Inedible fungi Irpicaceae Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries {{Polyporales-stub