Oligoporus
Encyclopedia
Oligoporus is a genus
of fungi in the family Polyporaceae
. The genus was described by German mycologist Julius Oscar Brefeld
in 1888. According to a 2008 estimate, Oligoporus contains 10 species.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fungi in the family Polyporaceae
Polyporaceae
The Polyporaceae are a family of bracket fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. The flesh of their fruiting bodies varies from soft to very tough. Most members of this family have their hymenium in vertical pores on the underside of the caps, but some of them have gills The Polyporaceae are a...
. The genus was described by German mycologist Julius Oscar Brefeld
Julius Oscar Brefeld
Julius Oscar Brefeld , usually just Oscar Brefeld, was a German botanist and mycologist.-Biography:Brefeld was a native of Telgte. He studied pharmacy in Heidelberg and Berlin, and afterwards became an assistant to Anton de Bary at the University of Halle...
in 1888. According to a 2008 estimate, Oligoporus contains 10 species.
Species
- Oligoporus africanus
- Oligoporus alni
- Oligoporus balsaminus
- Oligoporus caesius
- Oligoporus cretaceitextus
- Oligoporus davidiae
- Oligoporus hydnoidea
- Oligoporus norrlandicus
- Oligoporus parvus
- Oligoporus romellii