''Wolfiporia dilatohypha'' is a species of

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in the order

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. Although it was first described as ''Poria inflata'' by

Lee Oras Overholts Lee Oras Overholts (23 June 1890 – 10 November 1946) was an American mycologist known for his expertise on polypore fungi. Personal life Lee Oras Overholts was born in Camden, Ohio and attended Miami University, where he received a Bachelo ...

, he neglected to include a

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description of the species, (then required by the

International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants The ''International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants'' (ICN) is the set of rules and recommendations dealing with the formal botanical names that are given to plants, fungi and a few other groups of organisms, all those "trad ...

), and so the name was not validly published. Mycologists

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 ...

published the species validly in 1984 in a revision of Overholts' work. The type collection was made in

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in 1911.

References

Polyporaceae Fungi described in 1984 Fungi of the United States Taxa named by Leif Ryvarden Fungi without expected TNC conservation status Fungus species {{Polyporales-stub