Meruliaceae
Encyclopedia
The Meruliaceae are a family
of fungi in the order Polyporales
. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 47 genera
and 420 species. The family was formally circumscribed by English mycologist Carleton Rea
in 1922.
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...
. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contains 47 genera
Genera
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and 420 species. The family was formally circumscribed by English mycologist Carleton Rea
Carleton Rea
Carleton Rea was an English mycologist, botanist, and naturalist.-Background and education:Carleton Rea was born in Worcester, the son of the City Coroner. He was educated at The King's School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he studied law...
in 1922.
Genera
- AbortiporusAbortiporusAbortiporus is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.- External links :* at Index Fungorum...
- AmaurohydnumAmaurohydnumAmaurohydnum is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Amaurohydnum flavidum.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- AmauromycesAmauromycesAmauromyces is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Amauromyces pallidus.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- AquascyphaAquascyphaAquascypha is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Aquascypha hydrophora, found in Central and South America. This species forms cup-like structures with dimensions of and heights of...
- BjerkanderaBjerkanderaBjerkandera is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The genus contains two species widespread in northern temperate areas....
- BulbillomycesBulbillomycesBulbillomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- ByssomeruliusByssomeruliusByssomerulius is a genus of fungi in the Meruliaceae family. The genus contains eight species, which have a widespread distribution.-External links:* Index Fungorum...
- CabalodontiaCabalodontiaCabalodontia is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- CeraceohydnumCeraceohydnumCeraceohydnum is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae....
- CerocorticiumCerocorticiumCerocorticium is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The genus contain two widely distributed species....
- ChondrostereumChondrostereumChondrostereum is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. One species, Chondrostereum purpureum causes the disease called silver leaf.-External links:*...
- ChrysodermaChrysodermaChrysoderma is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Chrysoderma alboluteum.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- ClimacodonClimacodonClimacodon is a genus of fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae. The widespread genus contains six species....
- ColumnodontiaColumnodontiaColumnodontia is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Columnodontia resupinata.-External links:*...
- ConohyphaConohyphaConohypha is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- CorallodermaCorallodermaCoralloderma is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The genus contains two species found in Asia and Australia....
- CrustodermaCrustodermaCrustoderma is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:*...
- CyanodontiaCyanodontiaCyanodontia is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Cyanodontia spathulata.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- CylindrobasidiumCylindrobasidiumCylindrobasidium is a genus of fungi in the family Physalacriaceae. The widespread genus contains six species.-Species:*Cylindrobasidium corrugum*Cylindrobasidium eucalypti*Cylindrobasidium evolvens*Cylindrobasidium laeve...
- CymatodermaCymatodermaCymatoderma is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The genus is widely distributed and, according to a 2008 estimate, contains nine species....
- DacryobolusDacryobolusDacryobolus is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:*...
- DiacanthodesDiacanthodesDiacanthodes is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- FlaviporusFlaviporusFlaviporus is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- GelatoporiaGelatoporiaGelatoporia is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single widely distributed species Gelatoporia subvermispora....
- GloeohypochniciumGloeohypochniciumGloeohypochnicium is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Gloeohypochnicium analogum.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- GloeoporusGloeoporusGloeoporus is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 26 species....
- GyrophanopsisGyrophanopsisGyrophanopsis is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Gyrophanopsis zealandica. It was first described by Jülich in 1979....
- HydnophlebiaHydnophlebiaHydnophlebia is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- HyphodermaHyphodermaHyphoderma is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- HyphodontiastraHyphodontiastraHyphodontiastra is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Hyphodontiastra virgicola.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- HypochniciumHypochniciumHypochnicium is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- IrpexIrpexIrpex is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- JunghuhniaJunghuhniaJunghuhnia is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The widespread genus contains about 20 species.-Species:*Junghuhnia africana*Junghuhnia aurantilaeta*Junghuhnia carneola*Junghuhnia collabens*Junghuhnia complicata...
- LamelloporusLamelloporusLamelloporus is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Lamelloporus americanus.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- LoweomycesLoweomycesLoweomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- MeruliusMeruliusMerulius is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.Merulius means blackbird.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- MycoaciaMycoaciaMycoacia is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:*...
- MycoaciellaMycoaciellaMycoaciella is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:*...
- MycoleptodonoidesMycoleptodonoidesMycoleptodonoides is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The genus was first described by M.I. Nikolajeva in 1952....
- MycorrhaphiumMycorrhaphiumMycorrhaphium is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- PhlebiaPhlebiaPhlebia is a genus of fungi in the Meruliaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains about 50 species. Phlebia species cause white rot.-Species:*P. anthocystis*P. acerina*P. ardesiaca*P. argentea...
- PirexPirexPirex is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Pirex concentricus.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- PodoscyphaPodoscyphaPodoscypha is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions, and contains about 35 species....
- RadulodonRadulodonRadulodon is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- ResiniciumResiniciumResinicium is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The genus contains five widely distributed species....
- SarcodontiaSarcodontiaSarcodontia is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- ScopuloidesScopuloidesScopuloides is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:*...
- SkvortzoviaSkvortzoviaSkvortzovia is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Skvortzovia furfurella....
- SteccherinumSteccherinumSteccherinum is a genus of fungi in the Meruliaceae family. The genus has a widespread distribution, and contains 33 species.-Species:*Steccherinum aggregatum*Steccherinum alaskense*Steccherinum albidum*Steccherinum albofibrillosum...
- StegiacanthaStegiacanthaStegiacantha is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Stegiacantha petaloides.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- StereopsisStereopsis (fungus)Stereopsis is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...
- UncobasidiumUncobasidiumUncobasidium is a genus of fungi in the family Meruliaceae.-External links:* at Index Fungorum...