''Meripilus'' is a fungal
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
in the family
Meripilaceae
The Meripilaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscribed by Swiss mycologist Walter Jülich in 1982 with ''Meripilus'' as the type genus. A 2008 estimate placed 7 genera and 57 species in Meripilaceae. , In ...
.
The genus name combines the
Ancient Greek
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words ("part" or "portion") and ("cap").
Species
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Meripilus applanatus''
Corner (1984) –
South Solomons
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Meripilus giganteus
''Meripilus giganteus'' is a polypore fungus in the family Meripilaceae. It causes a white rot in various types of broadleaved trees, particularly beech (''Fagus''), but also ''Abies'', '' Picea'', ''Pinus'', ''Quercus'' and ''Ulmus'' species. ...
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(Pers.) P.Karst. (1882) – Europe
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Meripilus maculatus''
Corner (1984) –
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
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Meripilus sumstinei
''Meripilus sumstinei'', commonly known as the giant polypore or the black-staining polypore, is a species of fungus in the family Meripilaceae. Originally described in 1905 by
William Alphonso Murrill as ''Grifola sumstinei'', it was transferre ...
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(Murrill) M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1988) – North America
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Meripilus tropicalis''
Guzmán & Pérez-Silva (1975) – Mexico
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Meripilus villosulus''
Corner (1984)–
Peninsular Malaysia
Peninsular Malaysia ( ms, Semenanjung Malaysia; Jawi: سمننجڠ مليسيا), or the States of Malaya ( ms, Negeri-negeri Tanah Melayu; Jawi: نڬري-نڬري تانه ملايو), also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, ...
References
Polyporales genera
Meripilaceae
Taxa named by Petter Adolf Karsten
Taxa described in 1882
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