Hexagonia (fungus)

Hexagonia
Hexagonia hydnoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Hexagonia
Fr. (1838)
Type species
Favolus hirtus
(P.Beauv.) Fr. (1838)
Synonyms
  • Apoxona Donk (1969)
  • Pherima Raf. (1819)
  • Phorima Raf. (1830)
  • Pogonomyces Murrill (1904)
  • Polyporus trib. Scenidium Klotzsch (1832)
  • Scenidium (Klotzsch) Kuntze (1898)

Hexagonia is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions.[1]

Species

As of October 2016, Index Fungorum accepts 41 species in Hexagonia:[2]

References

  1. Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 28th September 2016). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  3. Härkönen, M.; Niemelä, T.; Mbindo, K.; Kotiranta, H.; Piearce, G. (2015). "Zambian mushrooms and mycology". Norrlinia. 29: 200.

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