Truncospora
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| Truncospora | |
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| Truncospora atlantica | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Truncospora Pilát (1953) |
| Type species | |
| Polyporus ochroleucus Berk. (1845) | |
Truncospora is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae.
The genus was originally proposed by Czech mycologist Albert Pilát in 1941,[1] but this publication is invalid because a type species was not designated, contrary to the rules of botanical nomenclature.[2] He published the genus validly in 1953 with two species: Truncospora oboensis, and the type, T. ochroleuca.[3] Leif Ryvarden placed the genus in synonymy with Perenniporia in 1972,[4] but molecular studies have shown that Truncospora is distinct genetically, and comprises part of the "core polyporoid clade", a grouping of fungi roughly equivalent to the family Polyporaceae.[5][6]
The generic name Truncospora is derived from the Latin trunco ("I cut off") and the Ancient Greek σπορά ("spore").[7]