Meripilaceae
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The Meripilaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscribed by Swiss mycologist Walter Jülich in 1982 with Meripilus as the type genus.[2] A 2008 estimate placed 7 genera and 57 species in Meripilaceae.[3] As of April 2018[update], Index Fungorum accepts 74 species in the family.[4]
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Meripilaceae | |
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Meripilus giganteus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Meripilaceae Jülich (1982) |
Type genus | |
Meripilus P.Karst. (1882) | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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