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Polyporaceae

(Family)

Overview

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The Polyporaceae are a family of bracket fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. The flesh of their fruiting bodies varies from soft (as in the case of the Dryad's Saddle illustrated) to very tough. Most members of this family have their hymenium (fertile layer) in vertical pores on the underside of the caps, but some of them have gills (e.g. Panus) or gill-like structures (such as Daedaleopsis, whose elongated pores form a corky labyrinth). Many species are brackets, but others have a definite stipe - for example: Polyporus badius.

Most of these fungi have white spore powder but members of the genus Abundisporus have colored spores and produce yellowish spore prints. Cystidia are absent.

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Fruiting bodies of Cerrena unicolor covered with algae

Genera include:

Abundisporus ? Amyloporiella ? Aurantiporus ? Australoporus ? Austrolentinus ? Bridgeoporus ? Cerrena ? Cinereomyces ? Coriolopsis ? Cryptomphalina ? Cryptoporus ? Cystidiophorus ? Daedaleopsis ? Datronia ? Dentocorticium ? Dichomitus ? Diplomitoporus ? Earliella ? Echinochaete ? Epithele ? Epithelopsis ? Erastia ? Faerberia ? Favolus ? Flabellophora ? Frantisekia ? Fuscocerrena ? Fomes ? Globifomes ? Grammothele ? Grammothelopsis ? Hapalopilus ? Haploporus ? Heliocybe ? Hexagonia ? Hymenogramme ? Laccocephalum ? Laetifomes ? Lentinus ? Lenzites ? Leptoporus ? Lignosus ? Lithopolyporales ? Lopharia ? Loweporus ? Macrohyporia ? Megasporoporia ? Microporellus ? Microporus ? Mollicarpus ? Mycelithe ? Navisporus ? Neolentinus ? Nigrofomes ? Nigroporus ? Oligoporus ? Pachykytospora ? Panus ? Perenniporia ? Phaeotrametes ? Piloporia ? Podofomes ? Polyporus ? Poria ? Porogramme ? Poronidulus ? Pseudofavolus ? Pseudopiptoporus ? Pycnoporus ? Pyrofomes ? Royoporus ? Rubroporus ? Ryvardenia ? Skeletocutis ? Sparsitubus ? Spongipellis ? Stiptophyllum ? Thermophymatospora ? Tinctoporellus ? Trametes ? Trametopsis ? Trichaptum ? Tyromyces ? Vanderbylia ? Wolfiporia ? Xerotus

ave their hymenium (fertile layer) in vertical pores on the underside of the caps, but some of them have gills (e.g. Panus) or gill-like structures (such as Daedaleopsis, whose elongated pores form a corky labyrinth). Many species are brackets, but others have a definite stipe - for example: Polyporus badius.

Most of these fungi have white spore powder but members of the genus Abundisporus have colored spores and produce yellowish spore prints. Cystidia are absent.

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Fruiting bodies of Cerrena unicolor covered w ith algae

Genera include:

Abundisporus ? Amyloporiella ? Aurantiporus ? Australoporus ? Austrolentinus ? Bridgeoporus ? Cerrena ? Cinereomyces ? Coriolopsis ? Cryptomphalina ? Cryptoporus ? Cystidiophorus ? Daedaleopsis ? Datronia ? Dentocorticium ? Dichomitus ? Diplomitoporus ? Earliella ? Echinochaete ? Epithele ? Epithelopsis ? Erastia ? Faerberia ? Favolus ? Flabellophora ? Frantisekia ? Fuscocerrena ? Fomes ? Globifomes ? Grammothele ? Grammothelopsis ? Hapalopilus ? Haploporus ? Heliocybe ? Hexagonia ? Hymenogramme ? Laccocephalum ? Laetifomes ? Lentinus ? Lenzites ? Leptoporus ? Lignosus ? Lithopolyporales ? Lopharia ? Loweporus ? Macrohyporia ? Megasporoporia ? Microporellus ? Microporus ? Mollicarpus ? Mycelithe ? Navisporus ? Neolentinus ? Nigrofomes ? Nigroporus ? Oligoporus ? Pachykytospora ? Panus ? Perenniporia ? Phaeotrametes ? Piloporia ? Podofomes ? Polyporus ? Poria ? Porogramme ? Poronidulus ? Pseudofavolus ? Pseudopiptoporus ? Pycnoporus ? Pyrofomes ? Royoporus ? Rubroporus ? Ryvardenia ? Skeletocutis ? Sparsitubus ? Spongipellis ? Stiptophyllum ? Thermophymatospora ? Tinctoporellus ? Trametes ? Trametopsis ? Trichaptum ? Tyromyces ? Vanderbylia ? Wolfiporia ? Xerotus

References

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  1. ^ Corda ACJ. (1839). Icones fungorum hucusque cognitorum. pp. 1?55. 

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Taxonomy

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The Family Polyporaceae is further organized into finer groupings including:

Genera

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Abundisporus

Abundisporus is a small genus of bracket fungi currently with six recognized species. They differ from other polypores in having colored rather than hyaline spores. [more]

Agarico-Pulpa

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Agarico-Suber

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Amyloporia

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Amyloporiella

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Antromycopsis

Antromycopsis is a genus of fungi in the Pleurotaceae family. The genus, an anamorphic form of Pleurotus, has a widespread distribution and contains three species. [more]

Australoporus

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Austrolentinus

Austrolentinus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Austrolentinus tenebrosus. [more]

Bresadolia

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Bridgeoporus

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Bulliardia

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Burgoa

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Cellularia

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Cerioporus

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Cerrena

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Cladomeris

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Coriolopsis

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Coriolus

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Cryptomphalina

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Cryptoporus

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Cystidiophorus

Cystostiptoporus

Daedaleopsis

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Datronia

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Dextrinosporium

Dichomitus

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Earliella

Echinochaete

Erastia

Faerberia

Favolus

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Fibroporia

Flabellophora

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Fomes

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Fomitella

Funalia

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Fuscocerrena

Globifomes

Gloephyllum

Grammothelopsis

Hansenia

Haploporus

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Heliocybe

Hexagona

Hexagonia

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Hirschioporus

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Hirshioporus

Inocutis

Inoderma

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Inodermus

Irpiciporus

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Laccocephalum

Laetifomes

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Laetiporus

Laetiporus is a genus of edible mushrooms found throughout much of the world. Some species are commonly known as sulphur shelf, chicken of the woods, the chicken mushroom, or the chicken fungus because many think they taste like . The name "chicken of the woods" also refers to the edible polypore, Maitake (Grifola frondosa). [more]

Lasiochlaena

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Lentinus

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Lentodium

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Lenzites

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Leucoporus

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Lignosus

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Lithopolyporales

Loweporus

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Macrohyporia

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Megasporoporia

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Melanoporella

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Melanoporia

Melanopus

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Merisma

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Microporellus

Microporus

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Mollicarpus

Mycelithe

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Myriadoporus

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Navisporus

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Neolentinus

Neolentiporus

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Nigrofomes

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Nigroporus

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Ochroporus

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Oligoporus

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Pachykytospora

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Pachyma

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Panus

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Perenniporia

Perenniporia is a cosmopolitan genus of bracket-forming or encrusting containing 79 currently recognized species. They are dimitic or trimitic with smooth, thick-walled basidiospores and cause a white rot in affected wood. [more]

Perenniporiella

Persooniana

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Phaeolus

Phaeotrametes

Pilatoporus

Pilatoporus is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. [more]

Piloporia

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Pleuropus

Pocillaria

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Podofomes

Polypilus

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Polyporellus

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Polyporus

Polypores are a group of tough, leathery poroid similar to boletes, but typically lacking a distinct stalk. The technical distinction between the two types of mushrooms is that polypores do not have the spore-bearing tissue continuous along the entire underside of the mushroom. Many polypores are bracket fungi. The polypore growth form exists in many different evolutionary lines of higher basidiomycetes. Although many polypore species are members of the Polyporales, there are many polypores that belong to other groups as well. [more]

Polystictus

A Genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]

Poria

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Porodisculus

Poronidulus

Poroptyche

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Pseudofavolus

Pseudopiptoporus

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Pseudotrametes

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Ptychogaster

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Pycnocarpon

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Pycnoporellus

Pycnoporus

A genus in the Kingdom Animalia. [more]

Pyrofomes

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Roseofomes

Roseoformes

Royoporus

Rubroporus

Rubroporus is a genus of fungi in the Polyporaceae family. [more]

Ryvardenia

Scenidium

Skeletocutis

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Sparsitubus

Sparsitubus is a genus of fungi in the Polyporaceae family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Sparsitubus nelumbiformis. [more]

Stiptophyllum

Thermophymatospora

Thermophymatospora is a genus of fungi in the Polyporaceae family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Thermophymatospora fibuligera. [more]

Tinctoporellus

Trametes

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Trametopsis

Trichaptum

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Truncospora

Tyromyces

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Vanderbylia

Vanderbylia is a genus of fungi in the Polyporaceae family. [more]

Whitfordia

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Wolfporia

Xerotinus

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Xerotus

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At least 47 species and subspecies belong to the Genus Xerotus.

More info about the Genus Xerotus may be found here.

References

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  1. ^ Corda ACJ. (1839). Icones fungorum hucusque cognitorum. pp. 1?55. 

Sources

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Last Revised: February 26, 2012
2012/02/26 01:44:03