Phaeolus

Phaeolus is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word φαιος meaning "dark" or "obscure".^[2]

Phaeolus
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Fomitopsidaceae
Genus:	Phaeolus (Pat.) Pat. (1900)[1]
Type species
Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat. (1900)
Synonyms
Fomes subgen. Fomes (Fr.) Fr. (1849) Romellia Murrill (1904) Spongiosus Lloyd ex Torrend (1920) Choriphyllum Velen. (1922)

Species

• Phaeolus amazonicus De Jesus & Ryvarden (2010)^[3] – Brazil
• Phaeolus manihotis R.Heim (1931)^[4] – 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)

References

1. Patouillard, N. (1900). Essai taxonomique sur les familles et les genres des Hyménomycètes (in French). Lons-Le-Saunier. p. 86.
2. Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
3. De Jesus, M.A.; Ryvarden, L. (2010). "Studies in neotropical polypores 28. Two new species from Amazonas, Brazil". Synopsis Fungorum. 27: 73–77.
4. Heim, R. (1931). "Les Phaeolus manihotis sp. nov., parasite du manioc a Madagascar et considération sur le genre Phaeolus Pat". Annales de Cryptogamie Exotique (in French). 4: 175–189.

External links

• "Phaeolus (Pat.) Pat". Atlas of Living Australia.