''Polyporus'' is a

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of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.

Taxonomy

Italian botanist

Pier Antonio Micheli Pier Antonio Micheli (December 11, 1679 – January 1, 1737) was a noted Italian botanist, professor of botany in Pisa, curator of the Orto Botanico di Firenze, author of ''Nova plantarum genera iuxta Tournefortii methodum disposita''. He discove ...

introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the underside of the

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. The generic name combines the

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words ("many") and ("pore").

Elias Fries Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. Career Fries was born at Femsjö (Hylte Municipality), Småland, the son of the pastor there. He attended school in Växjö. He acquired an ...

divided ''Polyporus'' into three subgenera 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'', ''Polyporellus'', ''Melanopus'', and ''Polyporus'' '' sensu stricto''. The identity of the

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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

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studies have shown that ''Polyporus'', as currently circumscribed, is

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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

* '' Polyporus alveolaris'' * '' Polyporus alveolarius'' * '' Polyporus arcularius'' * '' Polyporus brumalis'' * '' Polyporus choseniae'' * '' Polyporus corylinus'' * ''

Polyporus craterellus ''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 ...

References

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' at Molecular Phylogeny Polyporus, Polyporales genera Bioluminescent fungi Fungi described in 1763 Taxa named by Michel Adanson {{Polyporales-stub de:Stielporlinge#Systematik