Dichomitus is a genus of poroid crust fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed by English mycologist Derek Reid in 1965.[1]

Dichomitus
Dichomitus campestris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Dichomitus
D.A.Reid (1965)
Type species
Dichomitus squalens
(P.Karst.) D.A.Reid (1965)

Description

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Dichomitus fungi have fruit bodies that are either crust-like, or form caps that largely lack a stipe. The upper surface of the fruit body is typically white to blackish in colour, while the pore surface ranges from cream to pale greyish. The inner tissue of the fruit body, the context, is white to cream.[2]

Dichomitus features a dimitic hyphal system (containing both generative and skeletal hyphae).[2]

Species

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Dichomitus squalens

As of June 2017, Index Fungorum accepts 24 species of Dichomitus:[3]

References

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  1. ^ Reid, D.A. (1965). "May Fungi in Portugal". Revista Biologia (Lisboa). 5: 135–158.
  2. ^ a b Ryvarden, Leif; Melo, Ireneia (2014). Poroid Fungi of Europe. Synopsis Fungorum. Vol. 31. Oslo, Norway: Fungiflora. pp. 169–173. ISBN 978-8290724462.
  3. ^ Kirk, P.M. "Species Fungorum (version 29th May 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2017-06-05.
  4. ^ Gomes-Silva, Allyne Christina; Ryvarden, Leif; Gibertoni, Tatiana Baptista (2012). "Resupinate poroid fungi from tropical rain forests in Brazil: two new species and new records". Mycological Progress. 11 (4): 879–885. doi:10.1007/s11557-011-0803-9. S2CID 255315827.
  5. ^ a b Masuka, A.; Ryvarden, L. (1999). "Dichomitus in Africa". Mycological Research. 103 (9): 1126–1130. doi:10.1017/S0953756299008436.
  6. ^ Ryvarden, L. (2012). "Studies in Neotropical polypores 32". Synopsis Fungorum. 30: 33–43.
  7. ^ a b Ryvarden, L. (2007). "Studies in Neotropical polypores 23. New and interesting wood-inhabiting fungi from Belize". Synopsis Fungorum. 23: 32–50.
  8. ^ Ipulet, P.; Ryvarden, L. (2005). "New and interesting polypores from Uganda". Synopsis Fungorum. 20: 87–99.
  9. ^ Ryvarden, L. (1985). "Dichomitus eucalypti sp. nov. (Polyporaceae, Basidiomycotina)". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 85 (3): 539–540. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(85)80057-7.
  10. ^ Aime, L.; Ryvarden, L.; Henkel, T.W. (2007). "Studies in Neotropical polypores 22. Additional new and rare species from Guyana". Synopsis Fungorum. 23: 15–31.
  11. ^ a b Li, Hai-Jiao; Cui, Bao-Kai (2013). "Dichomitus hubeiensis sp. nov. and a new record of Dichomitus (Basidiomycota) from China". Nordic Journal of Botany. 31 (1): 118–121. doi:10.1111/j.1756-1051.2012.01498.x.
  12. ^ Buchanan, Peter K.; Ryvarden, Leif (2000). "New Zealand polypore fungi: Six new species and a redetermination". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 38 (2): 251–263. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2000.9512682.
  13. ^ Quanten, E. (1996). "Polypores from Papua New Guinea: some new species". Mycotaxon. 59: 427–439.
  14. ^ Yuan, H.S. (2013). "Dichomitus sinuolatus sp. nov. (Basidiomycota, Polyporales) from China and a key to the genus". Nova Hedwigia. 97 (3–4): 495–501. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2013/0098.