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Leptoporus

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Leptoporus is a genus of polypore fungi. The type species, Leptoporus mollis (or the soft bracket), is widespread throughout north temperate areas. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ("thin") and ("pore").

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Vinony's link graph records 9 inbound references to Leptoporus, and connects out to fungi, International Standard Book Number and Ancient Greek.

It is catalogued under topics including Fungus species, Irpicaceae and Polyporales genera.

Vinony links it to 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

Pink Sherbet Polypore

GENUS

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumBasidiomycota
  3. ClassAgaricomycetes
  4. OrderPolyporales
  5. FamilyIrpicaceae
Observations1,011

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Specimen records
15
Family
Irpicaceae
Collections
UCSC, UFRGS, FH, IPA/SP, UPS, CUP
Recorded in
United States, Brasil, Sudan, Hungria, Sweden, Estonia, France, TchéCoslovaquie

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Polyporaceae
Image
Leptoporus mollis.jpg
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Category:Leptoporus
Commons category
Leptoporus
taxon name
Leptoporus
taxon rank
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Encyclopedic overview

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Leptoporus is a genus of polypore fungi. The type species, Leptoporus mollis (or the soft bracket), is widespread throughout north temperate areas. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ("thin") and ("pore").

Although traditionally classified in the family Polyporaceae, recent molecular phylogenetic analysis supports the placement of Leptoporus in the Irpicaceae.

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