''Jahnoporus'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the
family
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Albatrellaceae. There are two species in the genus, which have a widespread distribution in northern
temperate
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regions.
The
type species
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, ''
J. hirtus'', was transferred to this genus in 1980; it was formerly known as ''
Piptoporus hirtus''.
The genus name of ''Jahnoporus'' is in honour of Hermann Jahn (1911 - 1987) German teacher,
Ornithologist
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and Botanist (Mycology).
The genus was
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by
Ingo Nuss in Hoppea vol.39 on page 176 in 1980.
References
External links
California Fungi: ''Jahnoporus hirtus''
Russulales
Russulales genera
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