| Fomitopsidaceae | |
|---|---|
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| Fomitopsis pinicola , member of the Fomitopsidaceae | |
|  Scientific classification   | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota | 
| Kingdom: | Fungi | 
| Division: | Basidiomycota | 
| Class: | Agaricomycetes | 
| Order: | Polyporales | 
| Family: |  Fomitopsidaceae  Jülich (1982)  | 
| Type genus | |
|  Fomitopsis   P.Karst. (1881)  | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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The Fomitopsidaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. Most species are parasitic on woody plants, and tend to cause brown rots. [2] The name comes from Fomitopsis (meaning "looking like Fomes") + -aceae (a suffix used to form taxonomic family names).
In a proposed family-level classification of the Polyporales based on molecular phylogenetics, Alfredo Justo and colleagues accept 14 genera in the Fomitopsidaceae: [1] Anthoporia , Antrodia, Buglossoporus, Cartilosoma , Daedalea, Fomitopsis, Fragifomes, Melanoporia , Neolentiporus, Niveoporofomes, Rhodofomes , Rhodofomitopsis, Rubellofomes, and Ungulidaedalea.