Loweporus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Argentinian mycologist Jorge Eduardo Wright in 1976.[1] The genus is named in honour of American mycologist and polypore specialist Josiah Lincoln Lowe.[2]
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| Genus: | Loweporus J.E.Wright (1976)
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| Loweporus lividus | |
Species
edit- Loweporus castaneus Corner (1989)
- Loweporus corticicola Corner (1989)
- Loweporus lividus (Kalchbr.) J.E.Wright (1976)
- Loweporus mollis Corner (1989)
- Loweporus ochraceicinctus Corner (1989)
- Loweporus pileoliferus Corner (1989)
- Loweporus rufescens Corner (1989)
- Loweporus tephroporus (Mont.) Ryvarden (1980)
References
edit- ^ Wright, J.E. (1976). "Loweporus, a new genus of pore fungi". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 28 (1): 225–231.
- ^ Ginns, J.; Worrall, J. (2003). "Josiah Lincoln Lowe, 1905–1997". Mycologia. 95 (2): 374–378. doi:10.1080/15572536.2004.11833124. JSTOR 3762050. S2CID 87524545.
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