Hapalopilus | |
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Hapalopilus nidulans | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Polyporaceae |
Genus: | Hapalopilus P.Karst. (1881) |
Type species | |
Hapalopilus nidulans | |
Synonyms[2] | |
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Hapalopilus is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus is widely distributed.[3] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek words ἁπαλός ("tender") and πιλος ("cap").[4] Hapalopilus was circumscribed by Finnish mycologist Petter Adolf Karsten in 1881.[1]
As of June 2017[update], Index Fungorum accepts 15 species of Hapalopilus:[5]