Microporus affinis is a fungus species in the family Polyporaceae. It was first described in 1826 as a species of Polyporus by German botanists Carl Ludwig Blume and Theodor Nees.[1] Otto Kuntze transferred it to Microporus in 1898.[2] It is a widespread polypore that is common in tropical and subtropical regions of both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.[3]
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Polyporaceae |
Genus: | Microporus |
Species: | M. affinis
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Microporus affinis | |
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References
edit- ^ Blume, C.L.; Nees, T. (1826). "Fungi javanici". Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum. 13: 9–22.
- ^ Kuntze, O. (1898). "Revisio generum plantarum" (in Latin). 3 (2): 494.
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(help) - ^ Zhishu, B.; Zheng, G.; Taihui, L. (1993). The Macrofungus Flora of China's Guangdong Province. New York, New York: Columbia University Press. pp. 168–169.