Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Rank Species | Division Basidiomycota Family Albatrellaceae Order Russulales | |
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Genus Byssoporia
M.J.Larsen & Zak (1978) Similar Byssocorticium, Russulales, Ceraceomyces, Anomoporia, Leucophleps | ||
Byssoporia is a fungal genus in the family Albatrellaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single widespread corticioid species Byssoporia terrestris. There are several varieties: sartoryi, lilacinorosea, aurantiaca, sublutea, and parksii. These differ in bruising reaction, presence of clamp connections in the hyphae, or hyphal morphology. It was breviously thought to belong in the Atheliaceae, but a molecular phylogenetics found it to belong in the Albatrellaceae.
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