Byssoporia

Byssoporia is a fungal genus in the family Albatrellaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single widespread corticioid species Byssoporia terrestris.^[4] There are several varieties: sartoryi, lilacinorosea, aurantiaca, sublutea, and parksii. These differ in bruising reaction, presence of clamp connections in the hyphae, or hyphal morphology.^[1] It was previously thought to belong in the Atheliaceae, but a molecular phylogenetics found it to belong in the Albatrellaceae.^[5]

Division:Basidiomycota

Class:Agaricomycetes

Order:Russulales

Family:Albatrellaceae

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Byssoporia
Byssoporia terrestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Albatrellaceae
Genus:	Byssoporia M.J.Larsen & Zak (1978)[1]
Species:	B. terrestris
Binomial name
Byssoporia terrestris (DC.) M.J.Larsen & Zak (1978)
Synonyms[2]
Boletus terrestris DC. (1815)[3] Polyporus terrestris (DC.) Fr. (1821) Physisporus terrestris (DC.) Chevallier (1826) Poria terrestris (DC.) Sacc. (1888) Byssocorticium terrestre (DC.) Bondartsev & Singer ex Bondartsev (1953) Rigidoporus terrestris (DC.) Ryvarden (1973)

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