Hexagonia is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions.[1] The generic name is derived from the Latin word hexagonus, meaning "with six angles".[2]
| Hexagonia | |
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| Hexagonia hydnoides | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: | Hexagonia Fr. (1838) |
| Type species | |
| Favolus hirtus (P.Beauv.) Fr. (1838)
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| Synonyms | |
Species
editAs of October 2016[update], Index Fungorum accepts 41 species in Hexagonia:[3]
- Hexagonia amplexens Pat. (1902)
- Hexagonia angulata Lloyd (1920)
- Hexagonia annamitica Pat. (1927)
- Hexagonia applanata (Bres.) Lloyd (1920)
- Hexagonia assaortina Sacc. & Bacc. (1917)
- Hexagonia bartlettii Massee (1908)
- Hexagonia bicolor McAlpine (1904)
- Hexagonia bivalvis (Pers.) Bres. (1913)
- Hexagonia burchellii Lloyd (1910)
- Hexagonia caliginosa Lloyd (1922)
- Hexagonia caperata (Pat.) Murrill (1904)
- Hexagonia casuarinae Pat. (1901)
- Hexagonia cucullata (Mont.) Murrill (1904) – Cameroon
- Hexagonia culmicola Niemelä & Kotir. (2015)[4]
- Hexagonia cuprea Bres. (1911)
- Hexagonia dermatiphora Lloyd (1911)
- Hexagonia fioriana Sacc. (1910)
- Hexagonia fuscoglabra Lloyd (1922)
- Hexagonia heteropora (Mont.) Imazeki (1943)
- Hexagonia hydnoides (Sw.) M. Fidalgo (1968)
- Hexagonia leprosa Fr. (1851) – Pernambuco
- Hexagonia mirabilis Lloyd (1910)
- Hexagonia olivacea Lloyd (1914)
- Hexagonia phaeopora Pat. (1907)
- Hexagonia pobeguinii Har. (1892) – Africa
- Hexagonia purpurascens (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1904)
- Hexagonia retropicta (Bres.) Lloyd (1922)
- Hexagonia reyesii Pat. (1914)
- Hexagonia rhodopora Pat. (1912)
- Hexagonia seuratii Pat. (1906)
- Hexagonia similis Berk. (1846) – New South Wales
- Hexagonia tenuiformis Murrill (1912)
- Hexagonia tenuis (Hook.) Fr. (1838) – Africa; Asia; South America
- Hexagonia umbrinella Fr. (1845)
- Hexagonia umbrosa Lloyd (1920)
- Hexagonia velutina Pat. & Har. (1893)
- Hexagonia vesparia (Berk.) Ryvarden (1972) – Australia
- Hexagonia warburgiana (Henn.) Teixeira (1992)
- Hexagonia wightii (Klotzsch) Fr. (1838)
- Hexagonia zambeziana Torrend (1914)
References
edit- ^ Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
- ^ Kirk, P.M. "Species Fungorum (version 28th September 2016). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ^ Härkönen, M.; Niemelä, T.; Mbindo, K.; Kotiranta, H.; Piearce, G. (2015). "Zambian mushrooms and mycology". Norrlinia. 29: 200.
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