Meripilaceae
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The Meripilaceae are a family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

 of fungi in the order Polyporales
Polyporales
The Polyporales are an order of fungi in the class Agaricomycetes. The order includes some polypores as well as many corticioid fungi and a few agarics . Species within the order are saprotrophic, most of them wood-rotters...

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Genera

  • Grifola
    Grifola
    Grifola is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae, which includes some edible fungi such as Grifola frondosa ; not to be confused with Laetiporus sulphureus, known among English speakers as Chicken of the woods....

  • Henningsia
    Henningsia
    Henningsia is a fungal genus in the Meripilaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Henningsia geminella....

  • Hydnopolyporus
    Hydnopolyporus
    Hydnopolyporus is a genus of fungi in the Meripilaceae family. The widespread genus contains three species....

  • Meripilus
    Meripilus
    Meripilus is a fungal genus in the Meripilaceae family. The widespread genus contains about five species....

  • Physisporinus
    Physisporinus
    Physisporinus is a genus of fungi in the Meripilaceae family....

  • Rigidoporus
    Rigidoporus
    Rigidoporus is a genus of fungi in the Meripilaceae family. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus contains about 40 species.-Species:*Rigidoporus adnatus*Rigidoporus albiporus*Rigidoporus amazonicus...

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