Byssomerulius is a widely distributed genus of crust fungi.

Byssomerulius
Byssomerulius corium from Sweden
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Irpicaceae
Genus: Byssomerulius
Parmasto (1967)
Type species
Byssomerulius corium
(Pers.) Parmasto (1967)
Synonyms[1]
  • Byssomerulius subgen. Ceraceomerulius Parmasto (1968)
  • Ceraceomerulius (Parmasto) J.Erikss. & Ryvarden (1973)

Taxonomy

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Byssomerulius was circumscribed by Estonian mycologist Erast Parmasto in 1967.[2] Although traditionally classified in the family Phanerochaetaceae,[3] recent molecular phylogenetic analysis supports the placement of Byssomerulius in the Irpicaceae.[4][5]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy: Byssomerulius Parmasto, Izv. Akad. Nauk Estonsk. SSR, Ser. Biol. 16: 383 (1967)". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
  2. ^ Parmasto, E. (1967). "Corticiaceae URSS IV. Descriptiones taxorum novorum. Combinationes novae". Eesti NSV Teaduste Akadeemia Toimetised, Biologica (in Latin). 16: 383.
  3. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 108. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  4. ^ Miettinen, Otto; Spirin, Viacheslav; Vlasák, Josef; Rivoire, Bernard; Stenroos, Spoili; Hibbett, David S. (2016). "Polypores and genus concepts in Phanerochaetaceae (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)". MycoKeys (17): 1–46. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.17.10153. hdl:10138/170328.  
  5. ^ Justo, Alfredo; Miettinen, Otto; Floudas, Dimitrios; Ortiz-Santana, Beatriz; Sjökvist, Elisabet; Lindner, Daniel; Nakasone, Karen; Niemelä, Tuomo; Larsson, Karl-Henrik; Ryvarden, Leif; Hibbett, David S. (2017). "A revised family-level classification of the Polyporales (Basidiomycota)". Fungal Biology. 121 (9): 798–824. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2017.05.010. PMID 28800851.
  6. ^ Hjortstam, K. (1987). "A check-list to genera and species of corticioid fungi (Hymenomycetes)". Windahlia. 17: 55–85.
  7. ^ Buchanan, P.K.; Ryvarden, L. (2000). "New Zealand polypore fungi: six new species and a redetermination". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 38 (2): 251–263. doi:10.1080/0028825x.2000.9512682.
  8. ^ Parmasto, E. (1968). Conspectus Systematis Corticiacearum (in Latin). Tartu: Institutum Zoologicum et Botanicum. p. 80.