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Phaeolus

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Phaeolus is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word meaning "dark" or "obscure".

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Within Vinony's link graph, Phaeolus is referenced by 5 other articles, and connects out to fungi, Ancient Greek and Wikidata.

It sits within the topics Fomitopsidaceae, Polyporales genera and Taxa described in 1900.

Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumBasidiomycota
  3. ClassAgaricomycetes
  4. OrderPolyporales
  5. FamilyLaetiporaceae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
28
With media
11
Family
Laetiporaceae
Collections
OSC, NY, DUKE, IPA/SP, UFRGS, TENN-F
Recorded in
Mexico, United States, Brasil, Costa Rica, Australia, India, Madagascar, France

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Fomitopsidaceae
Image
Dennenvoetzwam (Phaeolus schweinitzii) in Enschede.jpg
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Commons category
Phaeolus
taxon name
Phaeolus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Phaeolus
taxon author citation
(Pat.) Pat.
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Encyclopedic overview

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Phaeolus is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word meaning "dark" or "obscure".

==Species== Phaeolus amazonicus De Jesus & Ryvarden (2010) – Brazil Phaeolus manihotis R.Heim (1931) – Tanzania Phaeolus rigidus (Lév.) Pat. (1915) Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat. (1900) – Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa Phaeolus subbulbipes (Henn.) O.Fidalgo & M.Fidalgo (1957) Phaeolus tabulaeformis (Berk.) Pat. (1900)

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