Coniophora

Coniophora
Coniophora puteana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Boletales
Family:
Coniophoraceae
Genus:
Coniophora

DC. (1815)
Type species
Coniophora membranacea
DC. (1815)
Synonyms

Aldridgea Massee (1892)[1]
Coniophorella P. Karst. (1889)

Coniophora is a genus of fungi within the order Boletales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are corticioid (patch-forming). There are 20 species[2] in the genus, which has a widespread distribution. One notable member is the cellar fungus (C. puteana), which causes wet rot in wood.[3] Molecular analysis has revealed that there are cryptic species in the fungal lineages Coniophora olivacea, C. arida, and C. puteana.[4]

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