Niemelaea

Niemelaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Meruliaceae
Genus:	Niemelaea; Zmitr., Ezhov & Khimich (2015)
Type species
	Niemelaea consobrina; (Bres.) Zmitr., Ezhov & Khimich (2015)
Species
	N. balaenae; N. consobrina; N. cremea

Niemelaea is a genus of poroid crust fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Russian mycologists in 2015 to contain three fungi formerly placed in the genus Ceriporiopsis. Niemelaea fungi are characterized by their crust-like fruit body, large, thin-walled angular pores, and a monomitic hyphal system. Spores made by these fungi are ellipsoid and have refractive contents. The genus is named in honour of Finnish mycologist and polypore specialist Tuomo Niemelä, who described the species Ceriporiopsis balaenae.^[1]

References

^ Zmitrovich, Ivan V.; Ezhov, Oleg N.; Khimich, Yulia R. (2017). "Niemelaea, a new genus of Meruliaceae (Basidiomycota)". Agriculture and Forestry. 61 (4): 23–31. doi:10.17707/AgricultForest.61.4.02.

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[Zmitrovich_2015-1] Zmitrovich, Ivan V.; Ezhov, Oleg N.; Khimich, Yulia R. (2017). "Niemelaea, a new genus of Meruliaceae (Basidiomycota)". Agriculture and Forestry. 61 (4): 23–31. doi:10.17707/AgricultForest.61.4.02.

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