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Shelf Fungi
Polyporales
The Polyporales are an order of about 1800 species of fungi in the division Basidiomycota. The order includes some (but not all) polypores as well as many corticioid fungi and a few agarics (mainly in the genus Lentinus). Many species within the order are saprotrophic, most of them wood-rotters. Some genera, such as Ganoderma and Fomes, contain species that attack living tissues and then continue to degrade the wood of their dead hosts. Those of economic...
50 branches of this order, most-observed first
Bracket Fungi
familyPolyporaceae
Bracket Polypores
familyFomitopsidaceae
Laetiporaceae
familyLaetiporaceae
Meruliaceae
familyMeruliaceae
Irpicaceae
familyIrpicaceae
Phaeolaceae
familyPhaeolaceae
Phanerochaetaceae
familyPhanerochaetaceae
Meripilaceae
familyMeripilaceae
Cerrenaceae
familyCerrenaceae
Postiaceae
familyPostiaceae
Panaceae
familyPanaceae
Ischnodermataceae
familyIschnodermataceae
Cauliflower Fungi and Allies
familySparassidaceae
Steccherinaceae
familySteccherinaceae
Incrustoporiaceae
familyIncrustoporiaceae
Grifolaceae
familyGrifolaceae
Podoscyphaceae
familyPodoscyphaceae
Pycnoporellaceae
familyPycnoporellaceae
Climacocystaceae
familyClimacocystaceae
Laricifomitaceae
familyLaricifomitaceae
Adustoporiaceae
familyAdustoporiaceae
Fibroporiaceae
familyFibroporiaceae
Aegeritaceae
familyAegeritaceae
Hyphodermataceae
familyHyphodermataceae
Piptoporellaceae
familyPiptoporellaceae
Gelatoporiaceae
familyGelatoporiaceae
Dacryobolaceae
familyDacryobolaceae
Poria
genusPoria
Sarcoporiaceae
familySarcoporiaceae
Xenasmataceae
familyXenasmataceae
Hypochnella
genusHypochnella
Phlebiella
genusPhlebiella
Auriporiaceae
familyAuriporiaceae
Neohypochniciaceae
familyNeohypochniciaceae
Mycoleptodonoides
genusMycoleptodonoides
Broomeiaceae
familyBroomeiaceae
Coralloderma
genusCoralloderma
Aquascypha
genusAquascypha
Cerocorticium
genusCerocorticium
Taiwanofungaceae
familyTaiwanofungaceae
Mycorrhaphoides
genusMycorrhaphoides
Candelabrochaete
genusCandelabrochaete
Sparassiella
genusSparassiella
Roseograndinia
genusRoseograndinia
Thujacorticium
genusThujacorticium
Rickiopora
genusRickiopora
Conohypha
genusConohypha
Repetobasidiopsis
genusRepetobasidiopsis
Fragiliporiaceae
familyFragiliporiaceae
Phaneroites
genusPhaneroites
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 47380.