Loweporus

Loweporus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Polyporaceae
Genus: Loweporus
J.E.Wright (1976)
Type species
Loweporus lividus
(Kalchbr. ex Cooke) J.E.Wright (1976)

Loweporus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Argentinian mycologist Jorge Eduardo Wright in 1976.[1] The genus is named in honour of American mycologist and polypore specialist Josiah Lincoln Lowe.[2]

Species

  • Loweporus castaneus Corner (1989)
  • Loweporus corticicola Corner (1989)
  • Loweporus lividus (Kalchbr.) J.E.Wright (1976)
  • Loweporus mollis Corner (1989)
  • Loweporus ochraceicinctus Corner (1989)
  • Loweporus pileoliferus Corner (1989)
  • Loweporus rufescens Corner (1989)
  • Loweporus tephroporus (Mont.) Ryvarden (1980)

References

  1. ↑ Wright, J.E. (1976). "Loweporus, a new genus of pore fungi". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 28 (1): 225–231.
  2. ↑ Ginns, J.; Worrall, J. (2003). "Josiah Lincoln Lowe, 1905–1997". Mycologia. 95 (2): 374–378. doi:10.1080/15572536.2004.11833124. JSTOR 3762050.


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