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Polyporus P. Micheli ex Adans., 1763 (a genus of stipitate bracket fungi)

Subtaxa

Rank	Taxon
Species	Polyporus brumalis (Pers.) Fr., 1821 (Winter Polypore)	4	11	2		48
Species	Polyporus ciliatus Fr., 1815 (Fringed Polypore)	6				8
Species	Polyporus durus (Timmerm.) Kreisel, 1984 (Bay Polypore)	5				25
Species	Polyporus leptocephalus (Jacq.) Fr., 1821 (Blackfoot Polypore)	4	11	3		37
Species	Polyporus melanopus (Pers.) Fr., 1821 (a bracket fungus)					4
Species	Polyporus squamosus (Huds.) Fr., 1821 (Dryad’s Saddle)	14				25
Species	Polyporus tuberaster (Jacq.) Fr., 1821 (Tuberous Polypore)		8			11
Species	Polyporus umbellatus (Pers.) Fr., 1821 (Umbrella Polypore)	13			3	5

Suggested Literature

Polyporus may be covered by literature listed under:

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Polyporus:

	bracket	bracket is parasitised by scattered or gregarious perithecium	Sphaerostilbella berkeleyana - a pyrenomycete (Hypocreales: Hypocreaceae)		Ellis, M.B. & J.P., 1998
	fruitbody	fruitbody is associate of larva	Janssoniella caudata - a chalcid wasp (Hymenoptera: Pteromalidae)		Ferrière, C. And Kerrich, G.J., 1958 [presumably parasitoid on insects within]
	fruitbody	fruitbody is food source of larva	Cheilosia scutellata - a hoverfly (Diptera: Syrphidae)		Rotheray, G.E., 1993 [May be old taxonomic sense which included Boletus.]

Polyporus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

References