Meruliaceae
| Meruliaceae | |
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| Merulius tremellosus, member of the Meruliaceae. | |
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| Family: | Meruliaceae Rea (1922)
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| Merulius Fr. (1821)
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Steccherinaceae Parmasto (1968) | |
The Meruliaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 47 genera and 420 species.[2] The family was formally circumscribed by English mycologist Carleton Rea in 1922.[3]
Genera
- Abortiporus
- Amaurohydnum
- Amauromyces
- Aquascypha
- Bjerkandera
- Bulbillomyces
- Byssomerulius
- Cabalodontia
- Ceraceohydnum
- Cerocorticium
- Chondrostereum
- Chrysoderma
- Climacodon
- Columnodontia
- Conohypha
- Coralloderma
- Crustoderma
- Cyanodontia
- Cylindrobasidium
- Cymatoderma
- Diacanthodes
- Flaviporus
- Gelatoporia
- Gloeohypochnicium
- Gloeoporus
- Gyrophanopsis
- Hydnophlebia
- Hyphoderma
- Hyphodontiastra
- Hypochnicium
- Irpex
- Junghuhnia
- Lamelloporus
- Loweomyces
- Merulius
- Mycoacia
- Mycoaciella
- Mycoleptodonoides
- Mycorrhaphium
- Phlebia
- Pirex
- Podoscypha
- Radulodon
- Resinicium
- Sarcodontia
- Scopuloides
- Skvortzovia
- Steccherinum
- Stegiacantha
- Stereopsis
- Uncobasidium
References
- ^ "Meruliaceae Rea 1922". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-11-20.
- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 419. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Rea C. (1922). British Basidiomycetae: a Handbook to the Larger British Fungi. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 620.
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