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Sarcoporia
Sign in to saveSarcoporia is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Petter Karsten in 1894, with the widespread fungus Sarcoporia polyspora as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words ("flesh") and ("pore").
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GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderPolyporales
- FamilySarcoporiaceae
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- Sarcoporiaceae
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Sarcoporia is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Petter Karsten in 1894, with the widespread fungus Sarcoporia polyspora as the type species. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words ("flesh") and ("pore").
==Species== Sarcoporia longitubulata Vlasák & Spirin (2015) – USA; Macaronesia Sarcoporia neotropica Ryvarden (2012) – Costa Rica Sarcoporia polyspora P.Karst. (1894) – Asia; Europe; North America; South America
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