Irpex is a genus of corticioid fungi in the order Polyporales. Species produce fruit bodies that grow as a crust on the surface of dead hardwoods. The crust features an irpicioid spore-bearing surface (for which the genus is named), meaning it has irregular and flattened teeth. Irpex is distinguished from the similar genera Junghuhnia and Steccherinum by the simple septa found in the generative hyphae.[3]

Irpex
Irpex lacteus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Irpicaceae
Genus: Irpex
Fr. (1825)
Type species
Irpex lacteus
(Fr.) Fr. (1828)
Synonyms[1]

Classification

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Although Irpex has been classified in the family Steccherinaceae,[4] or the Meruliaceae,[5] phylogenetic analysis has shown that its type species, Irpex lacteus, is more closely related to Byssomerulius in the Phanerochaetaceae.[6] Justo and colleagues[7] support a 2003 proposal that places Irpex as the type genus of family Irpicaceae.[8]

Species

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References

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  1. ^ "Synonymy: Irpex Fr". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-09-19.
  2. ^ Ryvarden L. (1973). "New genera in the Polyporaceae". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 20 (1): 1–5.
  3. ^ Ryvarden, L.; Melo, I. (2014). Poroid Fungi of Europe. Synopsis Fungorum. Vol. 31. Oslo, Norway: Fungiflora. p. 237. ISBN 978-8290724462.
  4. ^ Cannon, P.F.; Kirk, P.M. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. pp. 337–338. ISBN 978-0-85199-827-5.
  5. ^ Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 344. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  6. ^ Miettinen, Otto; Larsson, Ellen; Sjökvist, Elisabet; Larsson, Karl-Henrik (2012). "Comprehensive taxon sampling reveals unaccounted diversity and morphological plasticity in a group of dimitic polypores (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)". Cladistics. 28 (3): 251–270. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2011.00380.x. PMID 34872189. S2CID 84643554.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ Spirin, W.A. (2003). "Antrodiella romellii (Irpicaceae, Basidiomycetes) in Russia". Mycena. 3: 47–52.
  9. ^ van der Byl, P.A. (1934). "Die Suid-Afrikaanse Hydnaceae of Stekelswamme". Annale van die Universiteit van Stellenbosch. 12 (1): 1–9.
  10. ^ a b c d e f Rick, J.E. (1959). "Basidiomycetes Eubasidii in Rio Grande do Sul - Brasilia. 3. Hypochnaceae, Clavariaceae, Craterellaceae, Hydnaceae". Iheringia (in Spanish). 5: 125–192.
  11. ^ Miettinen, O.; Niemelä, T.; Ryvarden, L. (2007). "A new polypore Irpex cremicolor described from North Europe". Mycotaxon. 102: 415–424.
  12. ^ Cleland, J.B. (1936). "Australian Fungi: notes and descriptions. - No. 11". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia. 59: 219–220.
  13. ^ Lee, J.S.; Kim, C.; Lim, Y.W. (2008). "Irpex hacksungii sp. nov. (Polyporaceae) from Korea". Mycotaxon. 106: 423–429.
  14. ^ Lloyd, C.G. (1917). "Mycological Notes 50". Mycological Writings. 5 (50): 701–716.