Family Steccherinaceae Parmasto

Conspectus Systematis Corticiacearum: 169 (1968)

Type: Steccherinum Gray (1821)

This family contains polypores and forms with a toothed hymenium. Most of the genera of this family are listed below, with known species for the Chicago Region.

1. Antella
2. Antrodiella
3. Atraporiella
4. Austeria
5. Butyrea
6. Cabalodontia
7. Caudicicola
8. Chaetoporus, Junghuhnia nitida
9. Citripora
10. Etheirodon, E. fimbriatum
11. Flabellophora
12. Flaviporus
13. Frantisekia
14. Junghuhnia
15. Lamelloporus
16. Loweomyces
17. Metuloidea
18. Mycorrhaphium, M. adustum
19. Niemelaea
20. Nigroporus
21. Steccherinum, S. ochraceum
22. Trulla
23. Xanthoporus

Taxonomy:

Miettinen and Ryvarden (2016) introduced new genera to segregate the polyphyletic Antrodiella, Junghuhnia, and Steccherinum.

Related links:

Miettinen O., E. Larsson, E. Sjökvist, K-H. Larsson. 2012. Comprehensive taxon sampling reveals unaccounted diversity and morphological plasticity in a group of dimitic polypores (Polyporales, Basidiomycota). Cladistics 28: 251–270.

Miettinen O., L. Ryvarden. 2016. Polypore genera Antella, Austeria, Butyrea, Citripora, Metuloidea and Trulla (Steccherinaceae, Polyporales). Annales Botanici Fennici 53(3-4):157-172.

Taxon links:

81420 MycoBank ; Index Fungorum