Bankeraceae
The ''Bankeraceae'' are a family of fungi in the order Thelephorales. Taxa are terrestrial, and ectomycorrhizal with plant species in families such as Pinaceae or Fagaceae. The family was circumscribed by Marinus Anton Donk in 1961. According ...
. The genus was
circumscribed
In geometry, the circumscribed circle or circumcircle of a polygon is a circle that passes through all the vertices of the polygon. The center of this circle is called the circumcenter and its radius is called the circumradius.
Not every polyg ...
by Swiss mycologist
Victor Fayod
Victor Fayod (23 November 1860 – 28 April 1900) was a Swiss mycologist, who created an influential novel classification of the agaric fungi and who described a number of new genera and species.
Biographical overview
Fayod was born on 23 Nove ...
in 1889, with ''
Boletopsis leucomelaena
''Boletopsis leucomelaena'' is a species of hydnoid fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It was originally described in 1801 as ''Boletus leucomelas'' by Christian Hendrik Persoon. Swiss mycologist Victor Fayod transferred it to '' Boletopsis'' ...
Boletopsis grisea
''Boletopsis grisea'' is a species of fungus in the family Bankeraceae. The fruit bodies are gray, fleshy polypores that grow on the ground in a mycorrhizal association with Scots pine (''Pinus sylvestris''). It is found in Asia, North America, ...
'' (Peck) Bondartsev & Singer 1941
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Boletopsis leucomelaena
''Boletopsis leucomelaena'' is a species of hydnoid fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It was originally described in 1801 as ''Boletus leucomelas'' by Christian Hendrik Persoon. Swiss mycologist Victor Fayod transferred it to '' Boletopsis'' ...
'' (Pers.) Fayod 1889 – Europe
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Boletopsis nothofagi
''Boletopsis nothofagi'' is a fungus in the family Bankeraceae. The fungus forms grey fruit bodies that grow in clusters. Like all species of ''Boletopsis'', it has a porous spore-bearing surface on the underside of the cap, but differs from ot ...