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Tyromyces
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Tyromyces is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Petter Karsten in 1881. The type species is the widely distributed Tyromyces chioneus, commonly known as the white cheese polypore. The phylogenetic position of Tyromyces within the Polyporales is uncertain, but it appears that it does not belong to the "core polyporoid clade". Tyromyces is polyphyletic as it is currently circumscribed, and has been described as "a dumping place for monomitic white-rot species with thin-walled spores."

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumBasidiomycota
  3. ClassAgaricomycetes
  4. OrderPolyporales
  5. FamilyIncrustoporiaceae
Observations recorded24,880

Tyromyces is een geslacht van schimmels uit de familie Polyporaceae. Het geslacht werd voor het eerst in 1881 wetenschappelijk beschreven door de mycoloog Petter Adolf Karsten.

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
607
With media
486
Family
Incrustoporiaceae
Collections
UT, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), NY, FH
Recorded in
United States, Brasil, Canada, Sierra Leone

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Polyporaceae
Image
Tyromyces.chioneus.-.lindsey.jpg
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taxon name
Tyromyces
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Tyromyces
topic's main category
Category:Tyromyces
taxon author citation
P.Karst.
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Encyclopedic overview

4 sections
Contents
  • Description
  • Microscopic characteristics
  • Species
  • References

Tyromyces is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Petter Karsten in 1881. The type species is the widely distributed Tyromyces chioneus, commonly known as the white cheese polypore. The phylogenetic position of Tyromyces within the Polyporales is uncertain, but it appears that it does not belong to the "core polyporoid clade". Tyromyces is polyphyletic as it is currently circumscribed, and has been described as "a dumping place for monomitic white-rot species with thin-walled spores."

The genus name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ("cheese") and (fungus").

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Tyromyces” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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