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Fomitopsidaceae

The Fomitopsidaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. Most species are parasitic on woody plants, and tend to cause brown rots. The name comes from Fomitopsis (meaning "looking like Fomes") + -aceae (a suffix used to form taxonomic family names).

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8 branches of this family, most-observed first

Fomitopsis

genusFomitopsis

Antrodia

genusAntrodia

Parmastomyces

genusParmastomyces

Anthoporia

genusAnthoporia

Donkioporia

genusDonkioporia

Lasiochlaena

genusLasiochlaena

Xylostroma

genusXylostroma

Rhodoantrodia

genusRhodoantrodia

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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 55974.