Royoporus

<i>Royoporus</i>

Royoporus

Genus of fungi

Royoporus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Asit Baran De in 1996. The genus name honours Indian botanist Anjali Roy,[1] (1930–2017), who worked at Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal.[2] The genus is monotypic, being represented by the single species Royoporus spatulatus.

Quick Facts Royoporus spathulatus, Scientific classification ...

Former species;[3]

  • R. badius (Pers.) A.B. De (1997) = Picipes badius
  • R. pseudobetulinus (Murashk. ex Pilát) A.B. De (1998) = Favolus pseudobetulinus

References

  1. [1]
    De AB. (1996). "Royoporus – a new genus for Favolus spathulatus". Mycotaxon. 60: 143–148.
  2. [2]
    Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. [3]
    "Royoporus - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 5 October 2022.


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