🍄 Family

Irpicaceae

6 species · Fungi

Fungi › Basidiomycota › Agaricomycetes › Polyporales › Irpicaceae

Byssomerulius incarnatus is a fungus with a coral pink semi-circular cap, found on hardwood in eastern North America.

Byssomerulius corium is a common widespread crust fungus in the Irpicaceae family, first described in 1801 and reclassified in 1967.

Irpex lacteus is a common, variable inedible temperate white-rot crust polypore that can cause pulmonary infections in immunocompromised people.

Vitreoporus dichrous is an inedible fungus species in the family Irpicaceae first described in 1815.

Ceriporia purpurea is a widely distributed crust fungus in the family Irpicaceae that grows on decaying deciduous wood.

Leptoporus mollis, the soft bracket, is the widespread north temperate type species of the polypore genus Leptoporus, now placed in Irpicaceae.

Related Families

Polyporaceae 56 species Fomitopsidaceae 12 species Meruliaceae 8 species Laetiporaceae 7 species Phanerochaetaceae 6 species Incrustoporiaceae 4 species Meripilaceae 4 species Sparassidaceae 4 species

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