Polyporus
Genus of fungi
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Polyporus is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
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| Polyporus | |
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| Polyporus tuberaster | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Polyporus P.Micheli ex Adans. (1763) |
| Type species | |
| Polyporus tuberaster | |
Taxonomy
Italian botanist Pier Antonio Micheli introduced the genus in 1729 to include 14 species featuring fruit bodies with centrally-placed stipes, and pores on the underside of the cap.[1] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek words πολύς ("many") and πόρος ("pore").[2]
Elias Fries divided Polyporus into three subgenera in his 1855 work Novae Symbol Mycologici: Eupolyporus, Fomes, and Poria.[3] In a 1995 monograph, Maria Núñez and Leif Ryvarden grouped 32 Polyporus species into 6 morphologically-based infrageneric groups: Admirabilis, Dendropolyporus, Favolus, Polyporellus, Melanopus, and Polyporus sensu stricto.[4]
The identity of the type species of Polyporus has long been a matter of contention among mycologists. Some have preferred P. brumalis,[5][6] some P. squamosus,[7] while others have preferred P. tuberaster.[8][9][10]
Selected species
There are almost 250 species recognised including:
- Polyporus australiensis
- Polyporus gayanus
- Polyporus leprieurii
- Polyporus minutosquamosus – French Guiana[11]
- Polyporus phyllostachydis
- Polyporus radicatus
- Polyporus tuberaster, tuberous polypore (type species)
- Polyporus umbellatus
