''Phylloporus'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the family
Boletaceae
The Boletaceae are a family of mushroom-forming fungi, primarily characterised by small pores on the spore-bearing hymenial surface (at the underside of the mushroom), instead of gills as are found in most agarics. Nearly as widely distributed ...
(
suborder
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Boletineae
The Boletineae are a suborder of the fungal order Boletales. Families in the Boletineae include the Boletaceae and the Paxillaceae.
Taxa
*Paxillaceae
**''Alpova''
**''Austrogaster''
**'' Gyrodon''
**''Hydnomerulius''
**'' Meiorganum''
**'' Mel ...
).
The genus has a
cosmopolitan distribution, and contains about 50 species, mostly in
tropical
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the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
areas.
Species
References
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Boletales genera
Taxa described in 1888
Taxa named by Lucien Quélet
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