Phlebia | |
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Phlebia radiata | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Meruliaceae |
Genus: | Phlebia Fr. (1821) |
Type species | |
Phlebia radiata Fr. (1821)
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Species | |
86, see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Phlebia is a genus of mostly crust fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution.[3] Phlebia species cause white rot.
Phlebia was circumscribed by Swedish mycologist Elias Fries in his 1821 work Systema Mycologicum. He included four species: P. merismoides, P. radiata, P. contorta, and P. vaga.[4]
Several molecular studies have demonstrated that Phlebia is a collection of sometimes unrelated taxa that share some morphological similarities.[5][6] In a 2015 study, Floudas and Hibbett identified a "core Phlebia clade" within the larger Phlebioid clade, containing P. radiata, P. acerina, P. floridensis, P. setulosa, P. brevispora, and P. tremellosa.[7] A subsequent study suggested that P. lindtneri, P. serialis and P. leptospermi should be added to this core group.[6]
Phlebia-like fungi with aculei (spines) are often included in the genera Mycoacia if they are monomitic, and Mycoaciella if they are dimitic or trimitic.[8]
As of May 2018[update], Index Fungorum accepts 89 species of Phlebia:[9]