''Daedaleopsis'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Polyporaceae. The name ''Daedaleopsis'' is a reference to
Daedalus
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, the labyrinth-maker of myth. Similarly, the maze-like pattern of pores is taxonomically described as being daedaloid.
DNA was recovered and
sequenced from fragments of a nearly 7000-year-old fruit body of ''
D. tricolor'' found in an early
Neolithic
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village in Rome.
Taxonomy
The genus was
circumscribed by German mycologist
Joseph Schröter in 1888.
Description
''Daedaleopsis'' fungi have
basidiocarps that are
annual, with a
cap or effused-reflexed (crust-like with the edges forming cap-like structures). Their colour is pale brown to deep red,
zonate, with a mostly smooth cap surface,
lamellate to tubular
hymenophore, and a pale brown
context. Microscopic features include a trimitic
hyphal system with
clamped generative hyphae, and the presence of dendrohyphidia. ''Daedaleopsis'' has
hyaline, thin-walled, and slightly curved cylindrical
spores that are negative in
Melzer's reagent and
Cotton Blue.
Habitat and distribution
''Daedaleopsis'' fungi cause
white rot, and are widely distributed in the
Northern Hemisphere
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.
Species
A 2008 estimate placed six species in the genus.
,
Index Fungorum
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accepts 10 species of ''Daedaleopsis'':
*''
Daedaleopsis conchiformis''
Imazeki (1943) – Japan
*''
Daedaleopsis confragosa''
(Bolton) J.Schröt. (1888)
*''
Daedaleopsis dickinsii''
(Berk. ex Cooke) Bondartsev (1963)
*''
Daedaleopsis hainanensis''
Hai J.Li & S.H.He (2016) – China
*''
Daedaleopsis nipponica''
Imazeki (1943) – Japan
*''
Daedaleopsis nitida''
(Durieu & Mont.) Zmitr. & Malysheva (2013)
*''
Daedaleopsis papyraceoresupinata''
(S.Ito & S.Imai) Imazeki (1943)
*''
Daedaleopsis pergamenea''
(Berk. & Broome) Ryvarden (1984)
*''
Daedaleopsis septentrionalis''
(P.Karst.) Niemelä (1982)
*''
Daedaleopsis sinensis''
(Lloyd) Y.C.Dai (1996) – China
*''
Daedaleopsis tricolor''
(Bull.) Bondartsev & Singer (1941)
References
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Taxa described in 1888
Polyporaceae
Polyporales genera