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Wolfiporia
Sign in to saveWolfiporia is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Leif Ryvarden and Robert Lee Gilbertson in 1984 to contain the type species Wolfiporia cocos (now known as Wolfiporia extensa) and W. dilatohypha. The genus is named in honor of mycologist Frederick Adolph Wolf, who was the first to officially describe the type species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderPolyporales
- FamilyFomitopsidaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 14
- With media
- 11
- Family
- Fomitopsidaceae
- Collections
- NY, CEPLAC
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Brasil
Research
371 papers- Phytochemistry and Pharmacological Activities of Wolfiporia cocos (F.A. Wolf) Ryvarden & Gilb.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2020
- The Traditional Usages, Chemical Components and Pharmacological Activities of Wolfiporia cocos: A Review.The American journal of Chinese medicine · 2022
- Mycology, cultivation, traditional uses, phytochemistry and pharmacology of Wolfiporia cocos (Schwein.) Ryvarden et Gilb.: a review.Journal of ethnopharmacology · 2013
- Progress in the study of bioactivity, chemical composition and pharmacological mechanism of action in Wolfiporia cocos (F.A. Wolf) Ryvarden & Gilb.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025
- The Role of Wolfiporia cocos (F. A. Wolf) Ryvarden and Gilb. Polysaccharides in Regulating the Gut Microbiota and Its Health Benefits.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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Encyclopedic overview
2 sectionsContents
- Species list
- References
Wolfiporia is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Leif Ryvarden and Robert Lee Gilbertson in 1984 to contain the type species Wolfiporia cocos (now known as Wolfiporia extensa) and W. dilatohypha. The genus is named in honor of mycologist Frederick Adolph Wolf, who was the first to officially describe the type species.
==Species list== Wolfiporia cartilaginea Ryvarden (1986) Wolfiporia castanopsis Y.C.Dai (2011) Wolfiporia curvispora Y.C.Dai (1998) Wolfiporia dilatohypha Ryvarden & Gilb. (1984) Wolfiporia extensa (synonym for Wolfiporia cocos) Wolfiporia sulphurea (Burt) Ginns (1984)
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