Royoporus Explained

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, (1930–2017), who worked at Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal.^[1] The genus is monotypic, being represented by the single species Royoporus spatulatus.

Former species;^[2]

• R. badius = Picipes badius
• R. pseudobetulinus = Favolus pseudobetulinus

Notes and References

1. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.
2. Web site: Royoporus - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 5 October 2022.