Daedalea

Daedalea
Daedalea quercina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Genus: Daedalea
Pers. (1801)
Type species
Daedalea quercina
(L.) Pers. (1801)
Synonyms[1]
  • Striglia Adans. (1763)
  • Xylostroma Tode (1790)
  • Agarico-suber Paulet (1793)
  • Spelaeomyces Fresen. (1863)
  • Agaricus Murrill (1905)
  • Phaeodaedalea M.Fidalgo (1962)

Daedalea is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1801 by mycologist Christian Hendrik Persoon, based on the type D. quercina and four other species.[2] The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek δαιδαλεος ("curiously wrought").[3]

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