''Wolfiporia'' is a

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fungi 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 ...

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 ...

. The genus was

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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 ...

and

Robert Lee Gilbertson Robert Lee Gilbertson (January 15, 1925 – October 26, 2011) was a distinguished American mycology, mycologist and educator. He was a faculty member at University of Arizona for 26 years until his retirement from teaching in 1995; he was a Prof ...

in 1984 to contain the

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''Wolfiporia cocos'' (now known as ''

Wolfiporia extensa ''Wolfiporia extensa'' (Peck) Ginns ('' syn.'' ''Poria cocos'' F.A.Wolf) is a fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It is a wood-decay fungus but has a subterranean growth habit. It is notable in the development of a large, long-lasting undergroun ...

'') and '' W. dilatohypha''. The genus is named in honor of mycologist Frederick Adolph Wolf, who was the first to officially

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the type species.

Species list

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Wolfiporia cartilaginea ''Wolfiporia cartilaginea'' is a species of fungus in the order Polyporales. Found in northeastern China, it was described as new to science by Norwegian mycologist Leif Ryvarden in 1986. The type locality was the Changbaishan National Nature ...

'' Ryvarden (1986) *''

Wolfiporia castanopsis ''Wolfiporia castanopsis'' is a species of wood-decay fungus in the order Polyporales. It is found in Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and ...

'' Y.C.Dai (2011) *''

Wolfiporia curvispora ''Wolfiporia curvispora'' is a species of fungus in the order Polyporales. It is found in Jilin, China, where it grows on the rotting wood of ''Pinus koraiensis''. The fungus was described as new to science in 1998 by mycologist Yu-Cheng Dai. T ...

'' Y.C.Dai (1998) *''

Wolfiporia dilatohypha ''Wolfiporia dilatohypha'' is a species of fungus in the order Polyporales. Although it was first described as ''Poria inflata'' by Lee Oras Overholts, he neglected to include a Latin description of the species, (then required by the Internatio ...

'' Ryvarden & Gilb. (1984) *''

'' (

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for ''Wolfiporia cocos'') *''

Wolfiporia sulphurea ''Wolfiporia sulphurea'' is a species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. First described in 1917 as ''Merulius sulphureus'' by Edward Angus Burt, it was transferred to the genus ''Wolfiporia ''Wolfiporia'' is a genus of fungi in the family ...

'' (Burt) Ginns (1984)

References

Polyporaceae Polyporales genera Taxa named by Leif Ryvarden Fungi described in 1984 {{Polyporales-stub