Wrightoporia Explained
Wrightoporia is a genus of fungi in the family Bondarzewiaceae. According to a 2008 estimate, the widely distributed genus contains 23 species. The genus was circumscribed by Zdeněk Pouzar in Ceská Mykol. vol.20 on page 173 in 1966.
The genus name of Wrightoporia is in honour of Jorge Eduardo Wright (1922–2005), who was an Argentinian mycologist.[1]
Species
As accepted by Species Fungorum;[2]
- Wrightoporia afrocinnamomea
- Wrightoporia araucariae
- Wrightoporia austrosinensis
- Wrightoporia avellanea
- Wrightoporia borealis
- Wrightoporia brunneo-ochracea
- Wrightoporia cinnamomea
- Wrightoporia cremea
- Wrightoporia cremella
- Wrightoporia deviata
- Wrightoporia dimidiata
- Wrightoporia flava
- Wrightoporia gloeocystidiata
- Wrightoporia grandipora
- Wrightoporia iobapha
- Wrightoporia lenta
- Wrightoporia luteola
- Wrightoporia micropora
- Wrightoporia microporella
- Wrightoporia nigrolimitata
- Wrightoporia novae-zelandiae
- Wrightoporia ochrocrocea
- Wrightoporia palmicola
- Wrightoporia perplexa
- Wrightoporia porilacerata – Brazil
- Wrightoporia pouzarii
- Wrightoporia radicata
- Wrightoporia subavellanea – China
- Wrightoporia subrutilans
- Wrightoporia trametoides
- Wrightoporia trimitica
- Wrightoporia unguliformis – China
Former species;
- W. africana = Pseudowrightoporia africana, Hericiaceae family
- W. aurantiporaa = Pseudowrightoporia aurantipora, Hericiaceae
- W. biennisa = Wrightoporiopsis biennis, Hericiaceae
- W. braceia = Amylosporus bracei, Bondarzewiaceae
- W. campbelliia = Amylosporus campbellii, Bondarzewiaceae
- W. casuarinicolaa = Amylosporus casuarinicola, Bondarzewiaceae
- W. cinnamomeaa = Wrightoporia afrocinnamomea
- W. cylindrosporaa = Pseudowrightoporia cylindrospora, Hericiaceae
- W. efibulataa = Amylosporus efibulatus, Bondarzewiaceae
- W. gillesiia = Pseudowrightoporia gillesii, Hericiaceae
- W. gyroporaa = Amylonotus gyroporus, Bondarzewiaceae
- W. isabellinaa = Stecchericium isabellinum, Bondarzewiaceae
- W. japonicaa = Pseudowrightoporia japonica, Hericiaceae
- W. labyrinthinaa = Amylonotus labyrinthinus, Bondarzewiaceae
- W. microporaa = Wrightoporia microporella
- W. ramosaa = Amylonotus ramosus, Bondarzewiaceae
- W. roseocontextaa = Wrightoporiopsis roseocontexta, Hericiaceae
- W. rubellaa = Amylosporus rubellus, Bondarzewiaceae
- W. solomonensisa = Pseudowrightoporia solomonensis, Hericiaceae
- W. stramineaa = Pseudowrightoporia straminea, Hericiaceae
- W. subadustaa = Murinicarpus subadustus, Polyporaceae
- W. neotropicaa = Wrightoporiopsis neotropica, Hericiaceae
- W. tenuisa = Amylonotus tenuis, Bondarzewiaceae
- W. tropicalisa = Larssoniporia tropicalis, Echinodontiaceae
Notes and References
- 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.
- Web site: Wrightoporia - Search Page . www.speciesfungorum.org . Species Fungorum . 6 December 2022.
