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.