Leucogyrophana

Leucogyrophana
Leucogyrophana mollusca
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Boletales
Family:	Hygrophoropsidaceae
Genus:	Leucogyrophana Pouzar (1958)
Type species
Leucogyrophana mollusca (Fr.) Pouzar (1958)

Leucogyrophana is a genus of fungi in the family Hygrophoropsidaceae (suborder Coniophorineae of the order Boletales). ^[1] The genus was erected in 1958 to accommodate the species then known as Merulius molluscus ( Leucogyrophana mollusca ). Several more species were described, but DNA testing in 2001 found that L. mollusca was isolated genetically from the others, and most closely related instead to Hygrophoropsis . ^[2]

Species

As of November 2015 ^[update] , Index Fungorum accepts 11 species of Leucogyrophana: ^[3]

• Leucogyrophana arizonica
• Leucogyrophana hexagonoides
• Leucogyrophana lichenicola
• Leucogyrophana luridochracea
• Leucogyrophana mollusca
• Leucogyrophana olivascens
• Leucogyrophana pouzarii
• Leucogyrophana pseudomollusca
• Leucogyrophana romellii
• Leucogyrophana sororia
• Leucogyrophana subtessulata

Not accepted names

• Leucogyrophana montana (Burt) Domański ==> Pseudomerulius montanus (Burt) Kotir., K.H. Larss. & M. Kulju ^[4]

References

1. Binder M, Hibbett DS. (2006). "Molecular systematics and biological diversification of Boletales". Mycologia. 98 (6): 971–81. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.971. PMID   17486973.
2. Jarosch M, Besl H. (2001). "Leucogyrophana, a Polyphyletic Genus of the Order Boletales (Basidiomycetes)". Plant Biology. 3 (4): 443–48. Bibcode:2001PlBio...3..443J. doi:10.1055/s-2001-16455. S2CID   84764083.
3. Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 27th October 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Archived from the original on 11 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
4. "Index Fungorum - Names Record". www.indexfungorum.org. Retrieved 21 January 2021.