Lamelloporus is a fungal genus in the family Steccherinaceae (formerly classified in the Meruliaceae).[1] It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Lamelloporus americanus. The genus and species were described by Norwegian mycologist Leif Ryvarden in 1987. This fungus is known from tropical America, including Mexico and Venezuela.[2]
Lamelloporus | |
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Lamelloporus americanus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Steccherinaceae |
Genus: | Lamelloporus Ryvarden |
Species: | L. americanus
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Binomial name | |
Lamelloporus americanus Ryvarden
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References
edit- ^ Miettinen, Otto; Larsson, Ellen; Sjökvist, Elisabet; Larsson, Karl-Henrik (2012). "Comprehensive taxon sampling reveals unaccounted diversity and morphological plasticity in a group of dimitic polypores (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)". Cladistics. 28 (3): 251–270. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00380.x. S2CID 84643554.
- ^ Ryvarden, Leif (1987). "New and noteworthy polypores from tropical America". Mycotaxon. 28 (2): 525–541 (see p. 529).