Hapalopilus
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| Hapalopilus | |
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| Hapalopilus nidulans | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Hapalopilus P.Karst. (1881) |
| Type species | |
| Hapalopilus nidulans | |
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Hapalopilus is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus is widely distributed.[3] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek words ἁπαλός ("tender") and πιλος ("cap").[4] Hapalopilus was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Adolf Karsten in 1881.[1]
