Sarcoporia
Genus of fungi
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Sarcoporia is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Petter Karsten in 1894, with the widespread fungus Sarcoporia polyspora as the type species.[1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words σάρξ ("flesh") and πόρος ("pore").[2]
| Sarcoporia | |
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| Sarcoporia polyspora | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Sarcoporia P.Karst. (1894) |
| Type species | |
| Sarcoporia polyspora P.Karst. (1894) | |
| Species | |
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S. longitubulata | |
Species
- Sarcoporia longitubulata Vlasák & Spirin (2015)[3] – USA; Macaronesia
- Sarcoporia neotropica Ryvarden (2012)[4] – Costa Rica
- Sarcoporia polyspora P.Karst. (1894) – Asia; Europe; North America; South America[5]
The fungus Sarcoporia salmonicolor (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Teixeira 1986 was made the type species of the monotypic genus Erastia in 2005.[6]
