Propolis (fungus)

Propolis
Propolis versicolor growing on a decorticated madrone branch
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Leotiomycetes
Order: Rhytismatales
Family: Rhytismataceae
Genus: Propolis
(Fr.) Fr. non (Fr.) Corda (1838)
Type species
Propolis phacidioides
Fr. (1849)
Synonyms[1]
  • Propolomyces Sherwood (1977)[2]

Propolis is a genus of fungi in the family Rhytismataceae. The genus contains about 14 species.[3]

Species

References

  1. "Synonymy: Propolis". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-05-05.
  2. Sherwood MA. "Taxonomic studies in the Phacidiales: Propolis and Propolomyces". Mycotaxon. 5 (1): 320–30.
  3. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 562. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.



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