Xenosperma is a genus of corticioid fungi in the order Polyporales. Circumscribed by German mycologist Franz Oberwinkler in 1966,[1] the widespread genus contains four species.[2]

Xenosperma
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Xenosperma

Oberw. (1966)
Type species
Xenasma ludibundum
(D.P.Rogers & Liberta) Oberw. ex Jülich (1979)
Species

X. hexagonosporum
X. ludibundum
X. murrillii
X. pravum

References

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  1. ^ Oberwinkler, F. (1965). "Primitive Basidiomyceten. Revision einiger Formenkreise von Basidienpilzen mit plastischer Basidie". Sydowia (in German). 19 (1–6): 1–72 (see p. 45).
  2. ^ Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 737. ISBN 9780851998268.