Inonotus

Inonotus
Inonotus tamaricis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Genus: Inonotus
P.Karst. (1879)
Type species
Inonotus cuticularis
(Bull.) P.Karst. (1879)
Synonyms[1]

Cyclomyces Kunze ex Fr. (1830)
Inoderma P.Karst. (1879)
Inodermus Quél. (1886)
Phaeoporus J.Schröt. (1888)
Flaviporellus Murrill (1905)
Cycloporellus Murrill (1907)
Xanthoporia Murrill (1916)
Polystictoides Lázaro Ibiza (1917)
Inonotopsis Parmasto (1973)

Inonotus is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. The genus, described by Petter Karsten in 1879,[2] is estimated to contain about 80 species sensu lato and 30 species sensu stricto (in the strict sense).[3]

The name comes from ino meaning fibrous and ot meaning ear.[4]

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  4. ^ Inonotus Archived 2020-09-29 at the Wayback Machine at Messiah College