Lopharia cinerascens is a species of crust fungus in the family Polyporaceae. It was first described by botanist Lewis David de Schweinitz in 1832 as Thelephora cinerascens.[1] Gordon Herriot Cunningham transferred it to Lopharia in 1956.[2] It is widely distributed in Africa, Asia, Australasia, and North America; it is less common in Europe and South America.[3]

Lopharia cinerascens
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L. cinerascens
Binomial name
Lopharia cinerascens
(Schwein.) G.Cunn. (1956)
Synonyms
  • Thelephora cinerascens Schwein. (1832)

References

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  1. ^ von Schweinitz, L.D. (1832). "Synopsis fungorum in America boreali media degentium". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society (in Latin). 4 (2): 141–316.
  2. ^ Cunningham, G.H. (1956). "Thelephoraceae of New Zealand. Part VII. The genus Lopharia. Part VIII. The genera Epithele and Mycobonia". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 83 (4): 621–636.
  3. ^ Chamuris, G.P. (1988). "The non-stipitate steroid fungi in the northeastern United States and adjacent Canada". Mycologia Memoirs. 14. Berlin; Stuttgart: J. Cramer: 88. doi:10.1002/fedr.19901010117. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)