''Meripilus'' is a fungal

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in the family

Meripilaceae The Meripilaceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Swiss mycologist Walter Jülich in 1982 with ''Meripilus'' as the type (biology), type genus. A 2008 e ...

. The genus name combines the

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words ("part" or "portion") and ("cap").

Species

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Meripilus applanatus ''Meripilus'' is a fungal genus in the family Meripilaceae. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words ("part" or "portion") and ("cap"). Species *''Meripilus applanatus'' Corner (1984) – South Solomons *''Meripilus giganteus'' (Pers.) ...

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Meripilus giganteus ''Meripilus giganteus'' is a polypore fungus in the family Meripilaceae. It causes a white rot in various types of broadleaved trees, particularly beech (''Fagus''), but also ''Abies'', ''Picea'', ''Pinus'', ''Quercus'' and ''Ulmus'' species. T ...

'' (Pers.) P.Karst. (1882) – Europe *'' Meripilus maculatus'' Corner (1984) –

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Meripilus sumstinei ''Meripilus sumstinei'', commonly known as the giant polypore or the black-staining polypore, is a species of fungus in the family Meripilaceae. Taxonomy Originally described in 1905 by William Alphonso Murrill as ''Grifola sumstinei'', the sp ...

'' (Murrill) M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1988) – North America *'' Meripilus tropicalis'' Guzmán & Pérez-Silva (1975) – Mexico *''

Meripilus villosulus ''Meripilus'' is a fungal genus in the family Meripilaceae. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words ("part" or "portion") and ("cap"). Species *'' Meripilus applanatus'' Corner (1984) – South Solomons *''Meripilus giganteus'' (Pers.) ...

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References

Polyporales genera Meripilaceae Taxa named by Petter Adolf Karsten Taxa described in 1882 {{Polyporales-stub