Australoporus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Australoporus tasmanicus, found in Tasmania. The genus was circumscribed in 1988 by mycologists Peter Buchanan and Leif Ryvarden to contain the species then known as Polyporus tasmanicus.[1]
Australoporus | |
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In the Upper Florentine Valley | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Polyporaceae |
Genus: | Australoporus P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (1988) |
Species: | A. tasmanicus
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Binomial name | |
Australoporus tasmanicus (Berk.) P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (1988)
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Synonyms | |
References
edit- ^ Buchanan PK, Ryvarden L. (1988). "Type studies in the Polyporaceae – 18. Species described by G.H. Cunningham". Mycotaxon. 31 (1): 1–38.
External links
edit- "Australoporus P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden". Atlas of Living Australia.