Meripilaceae
Family of fungi
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The Meripilaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscribed by Swiss mycologist Walter Jülich in 1982 with Meripilus as the type genus.[2] A 2008 estimate placed 7 genera and 57 species in Meripilaceae.[3] As of April 2018[update], Index Fungorum accepts 74 species in the family.[4]
| Meripilaceae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Meripilus giganteus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Meripilaceae Jülich (1982) |
| Type genus | |
| Meripilus P.Karst. (1882) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Genera
- Grifola
- Henningsia
- Hydnopolyporus
- Meripilus
- Physisporinus
- Pseudonadsoniella – Antarctic, Argentina, Galindez Island[5]
- Rigidoporus
