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Polyporaceae
The Polyporaceae () are a family of poroid fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. The flesh of their fruit bodies varies from soft (as in the case of the dryad's saddle illustrated) to very tough. Most members of this family have their hymenium (fertile layer) in vertical pores on the underside of the caps, but some of them have gills (e.g. Panus) or gill-like structures (such as Daedaleopsis, whose elongated pores form a corky labyrinth). Many species are brackets, but others have a definite stipe – for example, Polyporus badius.
Most of these fungi have white spore powder but members of the genus Abundisporus have colored spores and produce yellowish spore prints. Cystidia are absent.
60 branches of this family, most-observed first
Turkey-tails and allies
genusTrametes
Artist's Brackets, Reishi, and Allies
genusGanoderma
Cerioporus
genusCerioporus
Fomes
genusFomes
Woodcaps and Sawgills
genusLentinus
Daedaleopsis
genusDaedaleopsis
Hexagonia
genusHexagonia
Neofavolus
genusNeofavolus
Picipes
genusPicipes
Microporus
genusMicroporus
Cryptoporus
genusCryptoporus
Honeycomb Fungi
genusFavolus
Polyporus
genusPolyporus
Coriolopsis
genusCoriolopsis
Earliella
genusEarliella
Amauroderma
genusAmauroderma
Sanguinoderma
genusSanguinoderma
Perenniporia
genusPerenniporia
Truncospora
genusTruncospora
Datronia
genusDatronia
Vanderbylia
genusVanderbylia
Poriella
genusPoriella
Pyrofomes
genusPyrofomes
Neofomitella
genusNeofomitella
Phaeotrametes
genusPhaeotrametes
Dentocorticium
genusDentocorticium
Bresadolia
genusBresadolia
Echinochaete
genusEchinochaete
Szczepkamyces
genusSzczepkamyces
Microporellus
genusMicroporellus
Mycobonia
genusMycobonia
Lopharia
genusLopharia
Australoporus
genusAustraloporus
Funalia
genusFunalia
Dichomitus
genusDichomitus
Abundisporus
genusAbundisporus
Haploporus
genusHaploporus
Pseudofavolus
genusPseudofavolus
Neodictyopus
genusNeodictyopus
Datroniella
genusDatroniella
Laccocephalum
genusLaccocephalum
Yuchengia
genusYuchengia
Cristataspora
genusCristataspora
Lignosus
genusLignosus
Porogramme
genusPorogramme
Hornodermoporus
genusHornodermoporus
Grammothele
genusGrammothele
Podofomes
genusPodofomes
Tomophagus
genusTomophagus
Haddowia
genusHaddowia
Megasporoporia
genusMegasporoporia
Trametella
genusTrametella
Epithele
genusEpithele
Roseofavolus
genusRoseofavolus
Foraminispora
genusForaminispora
Humphreya
genusHumphreya
Magoderna
genusMagoderna
Crassisporus
genusCrassisporus
Navisporus
genusNavisporus
Tinctoporellus
genusTinctoporellus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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