Bjerkandera

Bjerkandera is a genus of wood-rotting fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae.

Species

GENUS

KingdomFungi
PhylumBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderPolyporales
FamilyPhanerochaetaceae

Observations recorded78,098

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 218
With media: 210
Family: Phanerochaetaceae
Collections: F, DUKE, DBG, CUP, MU, FLAS
Recorded in: Costa Rica, United States, Argentina, Belize

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Meruliaceae
Image: Bjerkandera adusta 3 - Lindsey.jpg

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taxon name: Bjerkandera
taxon rank: genus
Commons gallery: Bjerkandera
Commons category: Bjerkandera
topic's main category: Category:Bjerkandera
taxon author citation: P.Karst.

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Bjerkandera is a genus of wood-rotting fungi in the family Phanerochaetaceae.

==Taxonomy== The genus was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Adolf Karsten in 1879. The type species, B. adusta, was originally described as Boletus adustus by Carl Ludwig Willdenow in 1787. The generic name honours Swedish naturalist Clas Bjerkander. Karsten included seven species in addition to the type: B. dichroa, B. amorpha, B. fumosa, B. kymatodes, B. diffusa, and B. isabellina. Most of those species have been since moved to different genera or synonymized.

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