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Xylobolus
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Xylobolus

Xylobolus is a genus of fungi in the Stereaceae family. The Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008) estimated the genus to contain three widely distributed species; another, X. thoenii, was added in 2011. The genus was circumscribed by Petter Karsten in 1881.

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12 branches of this genus, most-observed first

ceramic parchment

speciesXylobolus frustulatus

Xylobolus subpileatus

speciesXylobolus subpileatus

Xylobolus spectabilis

speciesXylobolus spectabilis

Xylobolus princeps

speciesXylobolus princeps

Xylobolus sp. 'subpileatus-IN01'

speciesXylobolus sp. 'subpileatus-IN01'

Xylobolus sp. 'frustulatus-MA01'

speciesXylobolus sp. 'frustulatus-MA01'

Xylobolus annosus

speciesXylobolus annosus

Xylobolus sp. 'CA01'

speciesXylobolus sp. 'CA01'

Xylobolus gongylodes

speciesXylobolus gongylodes

Xylobolus lividocoeruleus

speciesXylobolus lividocoeruleus

Xylobolus peculiare

speciesXylobolus peculiare

Xylobolus hiugensis

speciesXylobolus hiugensis

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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 130949.