''Ceriporia'' is a widely distributed

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crust fungi The corticioid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota typically having effused, smooth basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are formed on the undersides of dead tree trunks or branches. They are sometimes colloquially called crust fungi or pa ...

Taxonomy

The genus was

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by Dutch mycologist

Marinus Anton Donk Marinus Anton Donk (14 August 1908 – 2 September 1972) was a Dutch mycology, mycologist. He specialized in the Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and nomenclature of mushrooms. Rolf Singer wrote in his obituary that he was "one of the most outstandin ...

in 1930, with '' Ceriporia viridans'' as the

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. The generic name combines the

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word ''cera'' ("wax") and the name ''Poria''.

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analyses have shown that ''Ceriporia'' is not

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, despite an earlier study which suggested the contrary. The presence or absence of

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is not considered a phylogenetic

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in delimiting the species of ''Ceriporia''. Although traditionally classified in the family

Phanerochaetaceae The Phanerochaetaceae are a family of mostly crust fungi in the order Polyporales. Taxonomy Phanerochaetaceae was first conceived by Swedish mycologist John Eriksson in 1958 as the subfamily Phanerochaetoideae of the Corticiaceae. It was later ...

, recent

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analysis supports the placement of ''Ceriporia '' in the

Irpicaceae The Irpicaceae are a family of mostly polypores and crust fungi in the order Polyporales. Taxonomy The family was circumscribed in 2003 by mycologists Viacheslav Spirin and Ivan Zmitrovich. The type genus is '' Irpex''. Later multi-gene phylogen ...

Species

A 2008 estimate placed 22 species in the genus. ,

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accepts 49 species of ''Ceriporia''. Twenty species occur in China; eighteen species are found in the

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. *'' Ceriporia alachuana'' (Murrill) Hallenb. (1979) – Dominican Republic *'' Ceriporia alania'' Gilb. & Hemmes (2004) *'' Ceriporia alba'' M.Pieri & B.Rivoire (1997) *'' Ceriporia albobrunnea'' Ryvarden & Iturr. (2003) *'' Ceriporia albomellea'' Yuan Yuan, Jia J.Chen, X.H.Ji (2017) – China *'' Ceriporia amazonica'' A.M.S.Soares, H.M.P.Sotão & Ryvarden (2014) – Brazil *'' Ceriporia angulata'' Gomes-Silva, Ryvarden & Gibertoni (2012) – Brazil *'' Ceriporia aurantiocarnescens'' (Henn.) M.Pieri & B.Rivoire (1997) *'' Ceriporia aurea'' Ryvarden (2014) – Brazil *'' Ceriporia bresadolae'' (Bourdot & Galzin) Donk (1933) *'' Ceriporia bubalinomarginata'' B.S.Jia & Y.C.Dai (2013) – China *'' Ceriporia camaresiana'' (Bourdot & Galzin) Bondartsev & Singer (1941) –

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*'' Ceriporia citrina'' M.Mata & Ryvarden (2010) – Costa Rica *'' Ceriporia crassitunicata'' Y.C.Dai & Sheng H.Wu (2002) *'' Ceriporia cystidiata'' Ryvarden & Iturr. (2003) *'' Ceriporia davidii'' (D.A.Reid) M.Pieri & B.Rivoire (1997) *'' Ceriporia dentipora'' Ryvarden (2010) – Costa Rica *'' Ceriporia excelsa'' S.Lundell ex Parmasto (1959) – Europe *'' Ceriporia ferrugineocincta'' (Murrill) Ryvarden (1980) – Puerto Rico *'' Ceriporia griseoviolascens'' M.Pieri & B.Rivoire (1997) *'' Ceriporia herinkii'' Vampola (1996) – Europe *'' Ceriporia incrustata'' M.Mata & Ryvarden (2010) – Costa Rica *'' Ceriporia inflata'' B.S.Jia & B.K.Cui (2012) – China *'' Ceriporia jiangxiensis'' B.S.Jia & B.K.Cui (2012) – China *'' Ceriporia lacerata'' N.Maek., Suhara & R.Kondo (2003) *'' Ceriporia leptoderma'' (Berk. & Broome) Ryvarden (1980) – Uganda *'' Ceriporia mellea'' (Berk. & Broome) Ryvarden (1978) – Uganda; Zaïre *'' Ceriporia mellita'' (Bourdot & Galzin) Bondartsev & Singer (1941) – Great Britain *'' Ceriporia merulioidea'' Ryvarden (2010) *'' Ceriporia metamorphosa'' (Fuckel) Ryvarden & Gilb. (1993) – Europe *'' Ceriporia microspora'' I.Lindblad & Ryvarden (1999) *'' Ceriporia nanlingensis'' B.K.Cui & B.S.Jia (2011) – China *'' Ceriporia ochracea'' Ryvarden (2014) *'' Ceriporia otakou'' (G.Cunn.) P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (1988) *'' Ceriporia pseudocystidiata'' B.S.Jia & Y.C.Dai (2013) – China *'' Ceriporia purpurea'' (Fr.) Donk (1971) – Europe *'' Ceriporia retamoana'' Rajchenb. (2000) *'' Ceriporia reticulata'' (Hoffm.) Domanski (1963) – Europe; United States *'' Ceriporia rhodella'' (Fr.) Donk (1933) *'' Ceriporia rubescens'' (Petch) Ryvarden (2015) *'' Ceriporia spissa'' (Schwein. ex Fr.) Rajchenb. (1983) – Great Britain *'' Ceriporia straminea'' Ryvarden (2014) *'' Ceriporia subpudorina'' (Pilát) Bondartsev (1953) *'' Ceriporia subspissa'' Aime & Ryvarden (2007) – Guyana *'' Ceriporia tarda'' (Berk.) Ginns (1984) – United States; Australia *'' Ceriporia totara'' (G.Cunn.) P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (1988) *'' Ceriporia variegata'' B.S.Jia & Y.C.Dai (2013) – China *'' Ceriporia vermicularis'' M.Pieri & B.Rivoire (1997) *'' Ceriporia viridans'' (Berk. & Broome) Donk (1933) – Europe *'' Ceriporia xylostromatoides'' (Berk.) Ryvarden (1980)

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5064266 Irpicaceae Polyporales genera Taxa described in 1933