Heimioporus is a genus of fungi in the family Boletaceae.[3] The genus is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, and contains about 15 species.[4]

Heimioporus
Heimioporus betula
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Heimioporus

E.Horak (2004)
Type species
Heimioporus retisporus
(Pat. & C.F.Baker) E.Horak (2004)
Species

15, see text

Synonyms[2]

Heimiella Boedijn (1951)[1]

The genus name of Heimioporus is in honour of Roger Jean Heim (1900-1979), who was a French botanist (Mycology) and Director of the National Museum of Natural History, France in Paris.[5]

The genus was circumscribed by Egon Horak in Sydowia vol.56 on page 237 in 2004.

Species

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References

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  1. ^ Boedijn KB. (1951). "Some mycological notes". Sydowia. 5 (3–6) (3rd ed.): 211–29.
  2. ^ "Heimiella Boedijn 1951". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-10-08.
  3. ^ Horak E. (2004). "Heimioporus E. Horak gen. nov. - replacing Heimiella Boedijn (1951, syn. post., Boletales, Basidiomycota)". Sydowia. 56 (2): 237–40.
  4. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 307. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  5. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  6. ^ a b Halling RE, Fechner N, Nuhn M, Osmundson T, Soytong K, Arora D, Binder M, Hibbett D (2015). "Evolutionary relationships of Heimioporus and Boletellus (Boletales), with an emphasis on Australian taxa including new species and new combinations in Aureoboletus, Hemileccinum and Xerocomus". Australian Systematic Botany. 28 (1): 1–22. doi:10.1071/SB14049.
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