Ungulidaedalea
Genus of fungi
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Ungulidaedalea is a fungal genus in the family Fomitopsidaceae.[2] The genus was circumscribed by Chinese mycologists in 2016 to contain the single species Ungulidaedalea fragilis,[1] a fungus that was described as new in 2014 with the name Fomitopsis fragilis. The holotype of this fungus was collected in Jianfengling Nature Reserve, in Ledong County (Hainan).[3] The generic name Ungulidaedalea refers to the resemblance between this species and Daedalea, and also to the hoof-shaped (ungulate) form of the fruit body.[1] Ungulidaedalea fragilis has rather fragile fruit bodies with a dark brown crust and large angular pores (numbering 1–2 per millimetre) on the cap underside. Microscopic characteristics include its densely septated skeletal hyphae, and oblong-ellipsoid spores that measure 4–5.2 by 2.2–2.8 μm.[3]
| Ungulidaedalea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Fomitopsidaceae |
| Genus: | Ungulidaedalea B.K.Cui, M.L.Han & Y.C.Dai (2016) |
| Type species | |
| Ungulidaedalea fragilis (B.K.Cui & M.L.Han) B.K.Cui, M.L.Han & Y.C.Dai (2016) | |
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