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Genus of fungi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phellorinia is a genus of fungi in the family Phelloriniaceae of the order Agaricales. The genus is monotypic, and contains the single species Phellorinia herculeana, described by English naturalist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1843 as P. inquinans.[2] This single species has currently (February 2021) 24 synonyms, and takes its epithet from the basionym Scleroderma herculeanum Pers.[3]
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Genus: | Phellorinia Berk. (1843) |
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Xylopodium Mont. (1845) |
The spores were used for body decoration by Aborigines of the desert areas.[4]
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