Lenzites

Lenzites
Lenzites betulina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Lenzites
Fr. (1835)
Type species
Lenzites betulina
(L.) Fr. (1838)
Synonyms
  • Leucolenzites Falck (1909)

Lenzites is a widespread genus of wood-decay fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1835. The generic name honours German naturalist Harald Othmar Lenz (1798–1870).

Species

A 2008 estimate placed 6 species in Lenzites. As of October 2016, Index Fungorum accepts 26 species:

References

  1. ↑ "Lenzites Fr. :339, 1835". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. ↑ Fries, Elias (1835). Corpus Florarum provincialium suecicae I. Floram Scanicam (in Latin). Typis Palmblad, Sebell. p. 339.
  3. ↑ Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
  4. ↑ Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 368. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  5. ↑ Kirk, P.M. (ed.). "Species Fungorum (version 28th September 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  6. ↑ Murrill WA (1908). North American flora 9. Part 2. New York: The New York Botanical Garden. p. 128.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)