Polyporaceae is a fungus family in the Fungi kingdom, order Polyporales, class Agaricomycetes. The family contains 94 accepted species worldwide.
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Ganoderma brownii (Murrill) Gilb.
Ganoderma brownii is a perennial polypore that parasitizes hardwoods and conifer…
Vanderbylia fraxinea (Bull.) D.A.Reid
Vanderbylia fraxinea is a poroid pathogenic fungus in Polyporaceae that infects …
Fomes fomentarius (L.) Fr.
Fomes fomentarius is a common circumboreal wood-decay bracket fungus that grows …
Coriolopsis gallica (Fr.) Ryvarden
Coriolopsis gallica is a non-pathogenic white-rot fungus that preferentially deg…
Microporus affinis (Blume & T.Nees) Kuntze
Microporus affinis is a widespread common polypore fungus in Polyporaceae found …
Cerioporus varius (Pers.) Zmitr. & Kovalenko
Cerioporus is a distinct Polyporaceae genus with former Polyporus species and re…
Picipes badius (Pers.) Zmitr. & Kovalenko
Picipes badius is a tough inedible polypore fungus that causes white rot on hard…
Lentinus levis (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Murrill
Lentinus levis is an edible saprotrophic agaric that grows on dead hardwood in w…
Trametes cinnabarina (Jacq.) Fr.
Pycnoporus sanguineus (formerly Trametes cinnabarina) is a fungus with a range o…
Lentinus fasciatus Berk.
Lentinus fasciatus Berk. is a saprotrophic wood-decaying fungus found across par…
Picipes melanopus (Pers.) Zmitr. & Kovalenko
Picipes melanopus is an inedible polypore fungus with a brown velvety depressed …
Polyporus tuberaster (Jacq. ex Pers.) Fr.
Polyporus tuberaster, the tuberous polypore, is an edible Polyporus fungus that …
Polyporaceae funguss belong to the Polyporales order in the Fungi kingdom. This species typically has broad concentric ridges and a blunt, rounded margin. For instant identification, use the iNature app — AI-powered and works offline.
Polyporaceae is classified in the order Polyporales, class Agaricomycetes, phylum Basidiomycota. Many species that are now classified in Cerioporus were previously placed in the genus Polyporus, but phylogenetic analysis has confirmed that Cerioporus is a distinct, separate genus.
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