Irpicaceae
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| Irpicaceae | |
|---|---|
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| Irpex lacteus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Irpicaceae Spirin & Zmitr. (2003) |
| Type genus | |
| Irpex Fr. (1825) | |
The Irpicaceae are a family of mostly polypores and crust fungi in the order Polyporales.
The family was circumscribed in 2003 by mycologists Viacheslav Spirin and Ivan Zmitrovich. The type genus is Irpex.[1] Later multi-gene phylogenetic analyses of the Polyporales supported the use of this family. In these analyses, Irpicaceae is a sister taxon to the Meruliaceae; these two families, as well as the Phanerochaetaceae, form the phlebioid clade.[2][3]
