Meripilaceae
Encyclopedia
The Meripilaceae are a family
of fungi in the order Polyporales
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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
- GrifolaGrifolaGrifola 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....
- HenningsiaHenningsiaHenningsia is a fungal genus in the Meripilaceae family. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Henningsia geminella....
- HydnopolyporusHydnopolyporusHydnopolyporus is a genus of fungi in the Meripilaceae family. The widespread genus contains three species....
- MeripilusMeripilusMeripilus is a fungal genus in the Meripilaceae family. The widespread genus contains about five species....
- PhysisporinusPhysisporinusPhysisporinus is a genus of fungi in the Meripilaceae family....
- RigidoporusRigidoporusRigidoporus 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...