Phaeolus

Phaeolus is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word φαιος meaning "dark" or "obscure".[2]

Phaeolus
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Fomitopsidaceae
Genus:
Phaeolus

(Pat.) Pat. (1900)[1]
Type species
Phaeolus schweinitzii
(Fr.) Pat. (1900)
Synonyms
  • Fomes subgen. Fomes (Fr.) Fr. (1849)
  • Romellia Murrill (1904)
  • Spongiosus Lloyd ex Torrend (1920)
  • Choriphyllum Velen. (1922)

Species
  • Phaeolus amazonicus De Jesus & Ryvarden (2010)[3] – Brazil
  • Phaeolus manihotis R.Heim (1931)[4] – Tanzania
  • Phaeolus rigidus (Lév.) Pat. (1915)
  • Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat. (1900) – Asia, Australia, Europe
  • Phaeolus subbulbipes (Henn.) O.Fidalgo & M.Fidalgo (1957)
  • Phaeolus tabulaeformis (Berk.) Pat. (1900)

References
  1. Patouillard, N. (1900). Essai taxonomique sur les familles et les genres des Hyménomycètes (in French). p. 86.
  2. Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
  3. De Jesus, M.A.; Ryvarden, L. (2010). "Studies in neotropical polypores 28. Two new species from Amazonas, Brazil". Synopsis Fungorum. 27: 73–77.
  4. Heim, R. (1931). "Les Phaeolus manihotis sp. nov., parasite du manioc a Madagascar et considération sur le genre Phaeolus Pat". Annales de Cryptogamie Exotique (in French). 4: 175–189.


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