Coniophoropsis

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Coniophoropsis
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Boletales
Family: Coniophoraceae
Genus: Coniophoropsis
Hjortstam & Ryvarden (1986)
Type species
Coniophoropsis obscura
Hjortstam & Ryvarden (1986)

Coniophoropsis is a fungal genus in the family Coniophoraceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Coniophoropsis obscura, found in Argentina. [1] Both the genus and the species were described in 1986 by mycologists Kurt Hjorstam and Leif Ryvarden. [2]

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 166. ISBN   0-85199-826-7.
  2. Hjortstam K, Ryvarden L (1986). "Some new and noteworthy fungi (Aphyllophorales, Basidiomycetes) from Iguazu, Argentina". Mycotaxon. 25 (2): 539–67.