''Rigidoporus nevadensis'' is a species of
polypore fungus 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 ...
. Found in the
Andes region of
Venezuela, it was
described as a new species in 2010 by mycologists Teresa Iturriaga and
Leif Ryvarden
Leif Randulff Ryvarden (born 9 August 1935) is a Norwegian mycologist.
Early life and education
Leif Ryvarden was born in Bergen as a son of Einar Norberg Johansen (1900–1959) and Hjørdis Randulff (1912–1975).
He finished his secondary edu ...
.
References
Fungi described in 2010
Fungi of Venezuela
Meripilaceae
Taxa named by Leif Ryvarden
Fungus species
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