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
Lamelloporus americanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Steccherinaceae
Genus: Lamelloporus
Ryvarden
Species:
L. americanus
Binomial name
Lamelloporus americanus
Ryvarden

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Ryvarden, Leif (1987). "New and noteworthy polypores from tropical America". Mycotaxon. 28 (2): 525–541 (see p. 529).