Spongipellis
Spongipellis unicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Polyporaceae
Genus:
Spongipellis

Pat. (1874)
Type species
Spongipellis spumeus
(Sowerby) Pat. (1887)

Spongipellis is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus is widely distributed[1] and contains ten species.[2] The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1887.[3] The genus name combines the Latin words spongia ("sponge") and pellis ("skin").[4]

Species

As of June 2017, Index Fungorum accepts ten species of Spongipellis:[2]

  • S. africana Ipulet & Ryvarden (2005) – Uganda[5]
  • S. caseosus (Pat.) Ryvarden (1983)
  • S. chubutensis J.E.Wright & J.R.Deschamps (1972)[6]
  • S. delectans (Peck) Murrill (1907)
  • S. hypococcineus (Berk.) Pat. (1900)
  • S. labyrinthicus (Fr.) Pat. (1900)
  • S. litschaueri Lohwag (1931) – Czech Republic
  • S. malicola (Lloyd) Ginns (1984)
  • S. subcretaceus (Lloyd) Decock, P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (2000)
  • S. unicolor (Fr.) Murrill (1907)
  • S. pachyodon

References

  1. ↑ Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 652. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. 1 2 Kirk, PM. "Species Fungorum (version 29th May 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2017-06-21.
  3. ↑ Patouillard N. (1887). Les Hyménomycètes d'Europe (in French). p. 140.
  4. ↑ Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
  5. ↑ Ipulet, P.; Ryvarden, L. (2005). "New and interesting polypores from Uganda". Synopsis Fungorum. 20: 87–99.
  6. ↑ Wright, J.E.; Deschamps, J.R. (1972). "Basidiomycetes xilófagos de los bosques andinopatagónicos". Revista Trimestral de Investigaciones Agropecuarias de la Region Centro Occidental (in Spanish). 9 (3): 111–204.

Further reading

  • Tomšovský, Michal (2012). "Delimitation of an almost forgotten species Spongipellis litschaueri (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) and its taxonomic position within the genus". Mycological Progress. 11 (2): 415–424. doi:10.1007/s11557-011-0756-z. S2CID 255319831.


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