Hydnophlebia
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| Hydnophlebia | |
|---|---|
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| Hydnophlebia chrysorhiza | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Meruliaceae |
| Genus: | Hydnophlebia Parmasto (1967) |
| Type species | |
| Hydnophlebia chrysorhiza (Torr.) Parmasto (1967) | |
| Species | |
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H. canariensis | |
Hydnophlebia is a genus of five species of toothed crust fungi in the family Meruliaceae. All species are wood-decay fungi that cause a white rot.
The genus was circumscribed by Estonian mycologist Erast Parmasto in 1967. The type species, H. chrysorhiza,[1] was originally named Hydnum chrysorhizon by botanist John Torrey in 1822.[2] The genus remained monotypic until Kurt Hjortstam and Leif Ryvarden transferred H. omnivora (previously Hydnum omnivorum Shear) to the genus in 2009.[3] Three species discovered in the Canary Islands and Cape Verde archipelago were added to the genus is 2017.[4]
