''Polyporus'' is a
genus of
poroid fungi in the family
Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist
Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring
fruit bodies
The sporocarp (also known as fruiting body, fruit body or fruitbody) of fungi is a multicellular structure on which spore-producing structures, such as basidia or asci, are borne. The fruitbody is part of the sexual phase of a fungal life c ...
with centrally-placed
stipes
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, and pores on the underside of the
cap.
The generic name combines the
Ancient Greek words ("many") and ("pore").
divided ''Polyporus'' into three
subgenera
In biology, a subgenus (plural: subgenera) is a taxonomic rank directly below genus.
In the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature, a subgeneric name can be used independently or included in a species name, in parentheses, placed between t ...
in his 1855 work ''Novae Symbol Mycologici'': ''Eupolyporus'', ''Fomes'', and ''Poria''.
In a 1995 monograph, Maria Núñez and
Leif Ryvarden grouped 32 ''Polyporus'' species into 6
morphologically-based infrageneric groups: ''Admirabilis'', ''Dendropolyporus'', ''
Favolus
''Favolus'', or honeycomb fungus, is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The fruit bodies of ''Favolus'' species are fleshy with radially arranged pores on the underside of the cap that are angular and deeply pitted, somewhat resemb ...
'', ''Polyporellus'', ''Melanopus'', and ''Polyporus'' ''
sensu stricto
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The identity of the
type species of ''Polyporus'' has long been a matter of contention among mycologists. Some have preferred ''
P. brumalis'',
some ''
P. squamosus'',
while others have preferred ''
P. tuberaster''.
Several
molecular phylogenetics studies have shown that ''Polyporus'', as currently
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every po ...
, is
polyphyletic and will need to have its generic limits revised.
Some species such as ''P. squamosus'' and ''P. varius'' have been moved to genus ''Cerioporus''.
Species
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Polyporus alveolaris''
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Polyporus alveolarius''
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Polyporus arcularius''
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Polyporus brumalis''
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Polyporus choseniae''
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Polyporus corylinus''
* ''
Polyporus craterellus''
* ''
Polyporus cryptopus
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Polyporus dictyopus''
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Polyporus gayanus
''Polyporus gayanus'' is a species of fungus in the genus '' Polyporus''. It was first documented in 1846 by French mycologist Joseph-Henri Léveillé
Joseph-Henri Léveillé (28 May 1796 – 3 February 1870) was a French physician and mycologi ...
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Polyporus grammocephalus
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Polyporus guianensis
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Polyporus hapalopus
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
'' – China
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Polyporus ianthinus
''Favolus ianthinus'' is a species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. Found in Brazil, it was described as new to science in 2004 by mycologists Tatiana Baptista Gibertoni and Leif Ryvarden
Leif Randulff Ryvarden (born 9 August 1935) is a ...
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Polyporus lepideus
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Polyporus leprieurii
''Polyporus leprieurii'' is a species of poroid fungus in the genus ''Polyporus''. It was first described scientifically by French mycologist Camille Montagne.
It is found in tropical to subtropical areas of America and Eastern Asia, where it ...
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Polyporus longiporus
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Polyporus melanopus''
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Polyporus meridionalis
''Lentinus meridionalis'' is a species of fungus 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 sadd ...
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Polyporus minutosquamosus
''Polyporus minutosquamosus'' is a species of poroid fungus in the family Polyporaceae. Discovered in a tropical rainforest in Kaw, French Guiana, it was described as new to science in 2016 by mycologists Kadri Runnel and Leif Ryvarden. The fun ...
'' – French Guiana
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Polyporus mikawai
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Polyporus phyllostachydis
''Polyporus phyllostachydis'' is a fungus species belonging to the genus '' Polyporus''. It is a species known from Japan to grow on the ground on the living or dead roots of the '' Phyllostachys edulis'' bamboo.
References
phyllostachydis
...
'', Sotome, T. Hatt. & Kakish.
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Polyporus pinsitus
''Polyporus'' is a genus of polypore, poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring basidiocarp, fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipe (myc ...
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Polyporus pseudobetulinus
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the und ...
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Polyporus radicatus
''Polyporus radicatus'' is a species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was described as new to science by German-American botanist Lewis David de Schweinitz in 1832. It is found in North America, including Mexico. It grows on the ground, ...
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Polyporus rhizophilus
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Polyporus septosporus''
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Polyporus squamulosus
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Polyporus subvarius
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Polyporus tenuiculus
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Polyporus tessellatus
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Polyporus thailandensis
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Sotome (2016) – Thailand
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Polyporus tricholoma
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Polyporus tuberaster'', tuberous polypore (type species)
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Polyporus tubiformis
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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Polyporus udus''
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Polyporus umbellatus
''Polyporus umbellatus'' is an edible species of mushroom, found growing on roots of old beeches or oak (e.g.). It is also called umbrella polypore.
Description
The fruit body is composed of numerous (sometimes several hundred) caps. They are 1 ...
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* ''Polyporus varius'' = ''
Cerioporus varius
''Cerioporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The type species is '' Cerioporus squamosus''. Many species in ''Cerioporus'' were formerly placed in the genus ''Polyporus'', however phylogenetic analysis shows that ''Cerioporus' ...
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Polyporus virgatus
''Polyporus'' is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the unders ...
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References
External links
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' at Molecular Phylogeny
Polyporus,
Polyporales genera
Bioluminescent fungi
Fungi described in 1763
Taxa named by Michel Adanson
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