Meripilaceae

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species of fungus

The Meripilaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscribed by Swiss mycologist Walter Jülich in 1982 with Meripilus as the type genus. A 2008 estimate placed 7 genera and 57 species in Meripilaceae. , Index Fungorum accepts 74 species in the family.

Meripilus is a fungal genus in the family Meripilaceae. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words ("part" or "portion") and ("cap").

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Grifola is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae, which includes some edible fungi such as Grifola frondosa, commonly known as hen-of-the-woods (or maitake in Japan); not to be confused with Laetiporus sulphureus, known among English speakers as chicken of the woods. The genus was circumscribed by Samuel Frederick Gray in 1821.

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Rigidoporus is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill in 1905. The generic name combines the Latin word rigidus ("rigid") with the Ancient Greek word ("pore").

Physisporinus is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Finish mycologist Petter Karsten in 1889.

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species of fungus

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species of fungus

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Henningsia is a fungal genus in the family Meripilaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1895 by Alfred Möller with Henningsia geminella as the type; this species is now known as H. brasiliensis. The generic name honours German mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings.

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