FOMITOPSIDACEAE Jülich
(a family of bracket fungi)

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Genus 5 subtaxa 25 images 6 ident. refs
Species 3 ident. refs
Species 1 ident. refs
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Genus 1 subtaxa 19 images 1 ident. refs
Genus 1 subtaxa 1 ident. refs
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Genus 2 subtaxa 81 images
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Species 15 images 3 ident. refs
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Species 37 images
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Genus 2 subtaxa 38 images 7 ident. refs
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Genus 6 subtaxa 64 images 3 ident. refs
Genus 1 ident. refs
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyFOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
OrderPOLYPORALES (polypores)
SubclassAGARICOMYCETIDAE (a subclass of basidiomycetes)
ClassAGARICOMYCETES (a class of fungi)
SubphylumAGARICOMYCOTINA (a subphylum of fungi)
PhylumBASIDIOMYCOTA (spore droppers, basidiomycetes)
KingdomFUNGI (true fungi)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Ryvarden, L., Melo, I., Niemelä, T. 2014 Poroid Fungi of Europe Synopsis Fungorum, Vol 31, 455pp, Fungiflora

Species Formerly In Tyromyces

Pegler, D.N. & Saunders, E.M. 1994 British poroid species formerly placed in the genus Tyromyces (Coriolaceae) Mycologist Vol 08 (01): 24-31.

FOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for FOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 453 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for FOMITOPSIDACEAE (a family of bracket fungi)
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