Piptoporus

Piptoporus
Piptoporus betulinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Genus: Piptoporus
P.Karst (1881)
Type species
Piptoporus betulinus
(Bull.) P.Karst (1787)
Synonyms[1]

Ungularia Lázaro Ibiza (1917)
Placodes sect. Placoderma Ricken (1918)
Placoderma (Ricken) Ulbr. (1928)

Piptoporus is a genus of bracket fungi in the Fomitopsidaceae family.

Species

Various species formerly classified as Piptoporus (for example, P. choseniae, P. fraxineus, P. ulmi, P. hirtus, and P. elatinus) have been renamed or moved into other genera.[2]

References

  1. "Piptoporus P. Karst. 1881". International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-02-10.
  2. Thorn G. (2000). "Some polypores misclassified in Piptoporus". Karstenia. 40 (1-2): 181–7.
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