Spongipellis
Genus of fungi
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Spongipellis is a genus of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. The genus is widely distributed[1] and contains ten species.[2] The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1887.[3] The genus name combines the Latin words spongia ("sponge") and pellis ("skin").[4]
| Spongipellis | |
|---|---|
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| Spongipellis unicolor | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Spongipellis Pat. (1874) |
| Type species | |
| Spongipellis spumeus (Sowerby) Pat. (1887) | |
Species
As of June 2017[update], Index Fungorum accepts ten species of Spongipellis:[2]
- S. africana Ipulet & Ryvarden (2005) – Uganda[5]
- S. caseosus (Pat.) Ryvarden (1983)
- S. chubutensis J.E.Wright & J.R.Deschamps (1972)[6]
- S. delectans (Peck) Murrill (1907)
- S. hypococcineus (Berk.) Pat. (1900)
- S. labyrinthicus (Fr.) Pat. (1900)
- S. litschaueri Lohwag (1931) – Czech Republic
- S. malicola (Lloyd) Ginns (1984)
- S. subcretaceus (Lloyd) Decock, P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (2000)
- S. unicolor (Fr.) Murrill (1907)
- S. pachyodon
