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The Fomitopsidaceae 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...

. Most species are parasitic on woody plants, and tend to cause brown rots

Dry rot

Dry rot refers to a type of wood decay caused by certain types of fungi, also known as True Dry Rot, that digests parts of the wood which give the wood strength and stiffness...

Genera

Amylocystis
Amylocystis
Amylocystis is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae.-External links:*...

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Antrodia
Antrodia
Antrodia is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. Antrodia species have fruiting bodies that typically lie flat or spread out on the growing surface, with the hymenium exposed to the outside; the edges may be turned so as to form narrow brackets. Most species are found in temperate and...

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Auriporia
Auriporia
Auriporia is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae.-Species list:*Auriporia aurea*Auriporia aurulenta*Auriporia brasilica*Auriporia pileata-External links:*...

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Buglossoporus
Buglossoporus
Buglossoporus is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae.-Species list:*Buglossoporus americanus*Buglossoporus brunneiflavus*Buglossoporus flavus*Buglossoporus heritierae*Buglossoporus magnus*Buglossoporus malesianus...

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Climacocystis
Climacocystis
Climacocystis is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Climacocystis borealis, which has a widespread distribution in the northern hemisphere....

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Dacryobolus
Dacryobolus
Dacryobolus is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:*...

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Daedalea
Daedalea
Daedalea is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1801 by mycologist Christian Hendrik Persoon, based on D. quercina and four other species .-External links:*...

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Donkioporia
Donkioporia
Donkioporia is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The genus consists of two resupinate species: the type Donkioporia expansa, and Donkioporia albidofusca , which was transferred to the genus in 2010....

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Fomitella
Fomitella
Fomitella is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...

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Fomitopsis
Fomitopsis
Fomitopsis is a genus of bracket fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae.The name means having the appearance of fomes.-Species:*Fomitopsis cajanderi*Fomitopsis palustris*Fomitopsis pinicola*Fomitopsis rosea*Fomitopsis spraguei...

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Gilbertsonia
Gilbertsonia
Gilbertsonia is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Gilbertsonia angulipora.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...

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Ischnoderma
Ischnoderma
Ischnoderma is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. Species in the genus have dark brown and tomentose fruit bodies that become darker brown to black and smooth when mature...

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Laricifomes
Laricifomes
Laricifomes is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The type species, Laricifomes officinalis, is the single species in the genus.-External links:*...

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Lasiochlaena
Lasiochlaena
Lasiochlaena is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Lasiochlaena anisea.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...

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Osteina
Osteina
Osteina is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae....

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Parmastomyces
Parmastomyces
Parmastomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae.-Species list:*Parmastomyces corticola*Parmastomyces deceptivus*Parmastomyces glutinosus*Parmastomyces kravtzevianus*Parmastomyces mollissimus...

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Phaeolus
Phaeolus
Phaeolus is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. Species include Phaeolus schweinitzii.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...

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Pilatoporus
Pilatoporus
Pilatoporus is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...

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Piptoporus
Piptoporus
Piptoporus is a genus of bracket fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae.-Species list:Various species formerly classified as Piptoporus have been renamed or moved into other genera.*Piptoporus betulinus P. Karst. *Piptoporus quercinus P. Karst...

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Pycnoporellus
Pycnoporellus
Pycnoporellus is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The widespread genus, circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1905, contains two species....

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Postia
Postia
Postia is a genus of brown-rot fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The widespread genus contains about 30 species.-Species:*Postia balsamea*Postia brunnea*Postia caesia*Postia ceriflua*Postia dissecta*Postia floriformis...

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Spelaeomyces
Spelaeomyces
Spelaeomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae....

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Wolfiporia
Wolfiporia
Wolfiporia is a genus of fungi in the Fomitopsidaceae family.-Species list:*Wolfiporia cartilaginea*Wolfiporia cocos*Wolfiporia curvispora*Wolfiporia dilatohypha*Wolfiporia extensa*Wolfiporia sulphurea-External links:...

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Xylostroma
Xylostroma
Xylostroma is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae.-Species list:*Xylostroma capsuliferum*Xylostroma cinereum*Xylostroma corium*Xylostroma fomentarium*Xylostroma giganteum*Xylostroma giganteum...

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