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Meripilus
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Meripilus

Meripilus is a fungal genus in the family Meripilaceae. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words μερίς ("part" or "portion") and πιλος ("cap").

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50 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Black-staining Polypore

speciesMeripilus sumstinei

Giant Polypore

speciesMeripilus giganteus

Meripilus crocatus

speciesMeripilus crocatus

Meripilus lineatus

speciesMeripilus lineatus

bleeding porecrust

speciesMeripilus sanguinolentus

Meripilus vitreus

speciesMeripilus vitreus

Meripilus pouzarii

speciesMeripilus pouzarii

Meripilus sp. 'vinctus'

speciesMeripilus sp. 'vinctus'

Meripilus concrescens

speciesMeripilus concrescens

Meripilus brasiliensis

speciesMeripilus brasiliensis

Meripilus albostygius

speciesMeripilus albostygius

Meripilus lavendulus

speciesMeripilus lavendulus

Meripilus sp. 'MI01'

speciesMeripilus sp. 'MI01'

Meripilus nebulosus

speciesMeripilus nebulosus

Meripilus sp. 'biokoensis'

speciesMeripilus sp. 'biokoensis'

Meripilus lentifrondosus

speciesMeripilus lentifrondosus

Physisporinus subcrocatus

speciesPhysisporinus subcrocatus

Meripilus crataegi

speciesMeripilus crataegi

Meripilus eminens

speciesMeripilus eminens

Meripilus furcatus

speciesMeripilus furcatus

Meripilus emarginatus

speciesMeripilus emarginatus

Meripilus sp. 'OH01'

speciesMeripilus sp. 'OH01'

Meripilus sp. 'PR01'

speciesMeripilus sp. 'PR01'

Meripilus sp. 'vinctus-EC01'

speciesMeripilus sp. 'vinctus-EC01'

Meripilus stillicidiorum

speciesMeripilus stillicidiorum

Meripilus tropicalis

speciesMeripilus tropicalis

Meripilus robledoi

speciesMeripilus robledoi

Meripilus revolubilis

speciesMeripilus revolubilis

Meripilus galapagensis

speciesMeripilus galapagensis

Meripilus macrosporus

speciesMeripilus macrosporus

Meripilus obscurus

speciesMeripilus obscurus

Meripilus caesiomarginatus

speciesMeripilus caesiomarginatus

Meripilus castanopsidis

speciesMeripilus castanopsidis

Meripilus cinereus

speciesMeripilus cinereus

Meripilus dollingerii

speciesMeripilus dollingerii

Meripilus longicystidius

speciesMeripilus longicystidius

Meripilus minutissimus

speciesMeripilus minutissimus

Meripilus neovitreus

speciesMeripilus neovitreus

Meripilus rhododendri

speciesMeripilus rhododendri

Meripilus rigidus

speciesMeripilus rigidus

Meripilus roseus

speciesMeripilus roseus

Meripilus srilankensis

speciesMeripilus srilankensis

Meripilus subfurcatus

speciesMeripilus subfurcatus

Meripilus sublineatus

speciesMeripilus sublineatus

Meripilus sulphureus

speciesMeripilus sulphureus

Meripilus tamilnaduensis

speciesMeripilus tamilnaduensis

Meripilus tibeticus

speciesMeripilus tibeticus

Meripilus undatus

speciesMeripilus undatus

Meripilus vitreosanguineus

speciesMeripilus vitreosanguineus

Meripilus yunnanensis

speciesMeripilus yunnanensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 125757.