Spongipellis

Spongipellis
Spongipellis unicolor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Spongipellis
Pat. (1874)
Type species
Spongipellis spumeus
(Sowerby) Pat. (1887)

Spongipellis is a genus of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. The genus is widely distributed and contains ten species. The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1887. The genus name combines the Latin words spongia ("sponge") and pellis ("skin").

Species

As of June 2017, Index Fungorum accepts ten species of Spongipellis:

References

  1. ↑ Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 652. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. 1 2 Kirk, PM. "Species Fungorum (version 29th May 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  3. ↑ Patouillard N. (1887). Les Hyménomycètes d'Europe (in French). p. 140.
  4. ↑ Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
  5. ↑ Ipulet, P.; Ryvarden, L. (2005). "New and interesting polypores from Uganda". Synopsis Fungorum. 20: 87–99.
  6. ↑ Wright, J.E.; Deschamps, J.R. (1972). "Basidiomycetes xilófagos de los bosques andinopatagónicos". Revista Trimestral de Investigaciones Agropecuarias de la Region Centro Occidental (in Spanish). 9 (3): 111–204.

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