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Daedaleopsis
Sign in to saveDaedaleopsis is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The name Daedaleopsis is a reference to Daedalus, the labyrinth-maker of myth. Similarly, the maze-like pattern of pores is taxonomically described as being daedaloid. DNA was recovered and sequenced from fragments of a nearly 7000-year-old fruit body of D. tricolor found in an early Neolithic village in Rome.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderPolyporales
- FamilyPolyporaceae
Daedaleopsis J.Schröt., in Cohn, Krypt.-Fl. Schlesien (Breslau) 3(1): 492 (1888). Daedaleopsis è un genere di funghi Basidiomiceti appartenenti alla famiglia Polyporaceae. Specie di Daedaleopsis La specie tipo è Daedaleopsis confragosa (Bolton) J.Schröt. (1888), altre specie incluse nel genere sono: Daedaleopsis nipponica Imazeki (1943) Daedaleopsis papyraceoresupinata (S. Ito & S. Imai) Imazeki (1943) Daedaleopsis pergamenea (Berk. & Broome) Ryvarden (1984) Daedaleopsis phaea (Lév.) Imazeki (1959) Daedaleopsis quercina
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 29
- With media
- 10
- Family
- Polyporaceae
- Collections
- DUKE, MU, UFPE, TENN-F, F, ILLS
- Recorded in
- China, United States, Argentina, Costa Rica, Papua New Guinea, Brazil, Venezuela, Netherlands
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Description
- Habitat and distribution
- Species
- References
Daedaleopsis is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The name Daedaleopsis is a reference to Daedalus, the labyrinth-maker of myth. Similarly, the maze-like pattern of pores is taxonomically described as being daedaloid. DNA was recovered and sequenced from fragments of a nearly 7000-year-old fruit body of D. tricolor found in an early Neolithic village in Rome.
==Taxonomy== The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Joseph Schröter in 1888.
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