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Spongipellis unicolor | |
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Genus: | Spongipellis Pat. (1874)
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Spongipellis spumeus (Sowerby) Pat. (1887)
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Spongipellis is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus is widely distributed[1] and contains ten species.[2] The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1887.[3] The genus name combines the Latin words spongia ("sponge") and pellis ("skin").[4]
As of June 2017[update], Index Fungorum accepts ten species of Spongipellis:[2]