''Rigidoporus'' is a

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in the family

Meripilaceae The Meripilaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscribed by Swiss mycologist Walter Jülich in 1982 with '' Meripilus'' as the type genus. A 2008 estimate placed 7 genera and 57 species in Meripilaceae. , Ind ...

. Many of the

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in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally

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by American mycologist

William Alphonso Murrill William Alphonso Murrill (October 13, 1869 – December 25, 1957) was an American mycologist, known for his contributions to the knowledge of the Agaricales and Polyporaceae. In 1904, he became the assistant Curator at the New York Botanical ...

in 1905. The generic name combines the

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word ''rigidus'' ("rigid") with the

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word ("pore").

Species

*'' Rigidoporus adnatus'' Corner (1987) *'' Rigidoporus albiporus'' Corner (1992) *''

Rigidoporus amazonicus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso ...

'' Ryvarden (1987) *'' Rigidoporus aurantiacus'' Ryvarden & Iturr. (2003) *'' Rigidoporus aureofulvus'' (Lloyd) P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (1988) *'' Rigidoporus biokoensis'' (Bres. ex Lloyd) Ryvarden (1972) *''

Rigidoporus brunneus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso ...

'' Ryvarden (2014) *''

Rigidoporus camschadalicus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso ...

'' (Parmasto) Domanski (1974) *''

Rigidoporus cinereus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso ...

'' Núñez & Ryvarden (1999) – Japan *''

Rigidoporus crocatus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso ...

'' (Pat.) Ryvarden (1983) *''

Rigidoporus cystidioides ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso ...

'' (Lloyd) Corner (1987) *''

Rigidoporus defibulatus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso ...

'' (D.A.Reid) Corner (1987) *''

Rigidoporus dextrinoideus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso ...

'' I.Johans. & Ryvarden (1979) *''

Rigidoporus eminens ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso ...

'' Y.C.Dai (1998) – China *''

Rigidoporus erectus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso ...

'' Corner (1987) *''

Rigidoporus fibulatus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso ...

'' H.S.Yuan & Y.C.Dai (2012) *''

Rigidoporus furcatus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alphonso ...

'' Núñez & Ryvarden (2001) *''

Rigidoporus grandisporus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alpho ...

'' Ryvarden, Gomes-Silva & Gibertoni (2014) – Brazil *'' Rigidoporus hainanicus'' J.D.Zhao & X.Q.Zhang (1991) *'' Rigidoporus hypobrunneides'' Corner (1987) *''

Rigidoporus incarnatus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alpho ...

'' Corner (1987) *''

Rigidoporus incurvus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alpho ...

'' (Berk. ex Cooke) Ryvarden (1988) *''

Rigidoporus laetus ''Rigidoporus laetus'' is a species of polypore fungus in the family Meripilaceae. It was originally described in 1883 as ''Polyporus laetus'' by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke. Peter Buchanan and Leif Ryvarden transferred it to ''Rigidoporus'' in 1988 ...

'' (Cooke) P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (1988) *''

Rigidoporus lineatus ''Rigidoporus lineatus'' is a species of fungal plant pathogen Plant pathology (also phytopathology) is the scientific study of diseases in plants caused by pathogens (infectious organisms) and environmental conditions (physiological fact ...

'' (Pers.) Ryvarden (1972) *'' Rigidoporus longicystidius'' P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (2000) *'' Rigidoporus malayanus'' (Corner) T.Hatt. (2003) *'' Rigidoporus mariae'' T.B.Gibertoni, A.C.Gomes-Silva & Ryvarden (2014) – Brazil *'' Rigidoporus micropendulus'' Læssøe & Ryvarden (2010) *'' Rigidoporus microporus'' (Sw.) Overeem (1924) *''

Rigidoporus minutus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alpho ...

'' B.K.Cui & Y.C.Dai (2009) *'' Rigidoporus moeszii'' (Pilát ex Pilát) Pouzar (1966) *'' Rigidoporus mutabilis'' I.Lindblad & Ryvarden (1999) *''

Rigidoporus nevadensis ''Rigidoporus nevadensis'' is a species of polypore fungus in the family Meripilaceae. Found in the Andes region of Venezuela, it was described as a new species in 2010 by mycologists Teresa Iturriaga and Leif Ryvarden Leif Randulff Ryvard ...

'' Iturr. & Ryvarden (2010) *''

Rigidoporus ochraceicinctus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alpho ...

'' Corner (1992) *''

Rigidoporus parvulus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alpho ...

'' Corner (1987) *'' Rigidoporus patellarius'' Corner (1987) *'' Rigidoporus pendulus'' Ryvarden (1990) *''

Rigidoporus pouzarii ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alpho ...

'' Vampola & Vlasák (2012) *''

Rigidoporus sanguinolentus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alpho ...

'' (Alb. & Schwein.) Donk (1966) *'' Rigidoporus subpileatus'' Corner (1987) *'' Rigidoporus substereinus'' Murrill (1907) *''

Rigidoporus sulphureus ''Rigidoporus'' is a genus of fungi in the family Meripilaceae. Many of the species in this genus are plant pathogens. The widespread genus, which contains about forty species, was originally circumscribed by American mycologist William Alpho ...

'' Corner (1987) *'' Rigidoporus trametoides'' Corner (1987) *'' Rigidoporus ulmarius'' (Sowerby) Imazeki (1952) *'' Rigidoporus umbonatipes'' Rajchenb. (1987) *'' Rigidoporus undatus'' (Pers.) Donk (1967) *'' Rigidoporus vinaceus'' Corner (1987) *'' Rigidoporus vinctus'' (Berk.) Ryvarden (1972)

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* Meripilaceae Polyporales genera Taxa named by William Alphonso Murrill Taxa described in 1905 {{Polyporales-stub