Family Laetiporaceae
[part of antrodia clade]
Index Fungorum (2017) showed sixteen species in Laetiporus, seven in Phaeolus, and seven in Wolfiporia. Wolfiporia is now treated as a synonym of Pachyma. A large underground sclerotium is made by Pachyma. Below are the species found in the United States and Canada
- Laetiporus, L. cincinnatus, L. conifericola, L. gilbertsonii, L. huroniensis,
L. persicinus
, L. sulphureus s.l. - Phaeolus, P. schweinitzii
- Pachyma cocos s.l. (Wolfiporia extensa);
W. dilatohypha
Taxon Details and Links
- Nomenclature
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- Laetiporaceae , Bibliotheca Mycologica 85: 375 (1981). Type: Laetiporus Murrill 1904.
- Taxonomy
- Further work is needed to establish generic boundaries. Wolfiporia s.l. is polyphyletic and L. persicinus falls outside of Laetiporus.
- Related links
- Justo, A., O. Miettinen, D. Floudas, B. Ortiz-Santana, E. Sjökvist, D. Lindner, K. K. Nakasone, T. Niemelä, K.-H. Larsson, L. Ryvarden, D.S. Hibbett. 2017. A revised family-level classification of the Polyporales (Basidiomycota), Fungal Biology 121(9): 798-824. doi: 10.1016/j.funbio.2017.05.010. [PDF available at Justo Publications]
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Fang Wu, F., S.-J. Li, C.-H. Dong, Y.-C. Dai, V. Papp. 2020.
The Genus Pachyma (Syn. Wolfiporia) Reinstated and Species Clarification of the Cultivated Medicinal Mushroom
Fuling
in China. Frontiers in Microbiology 11: Article 590788 (1-12). 10.3389/fmicb.2020.590788. - Taxon links
- 81720 Laetiporaceae
- MycoBank
- Index Fungorum