Piptoporus
Genus of fungi
Piptoporus is a genus of bracket fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae.
Fungi of this genus have been recorded as occasional food of the pleasing fungus beetle Dacne quadrimaculata.
01Species
Various species formerly classified as Piptoporus (for example, P. choseniae, P. fraxineus, P. ulmi, P. hirtus, and P. elatinus) have been renamed or moved into other genera.
- Piptoporus australiensis (Wakef.) G. Cunn.
- Piptoporus betulinus (Bull.) P. Karst. (1881)
- Piptoporus quercinus (Schrad.) P. Karst. (1881) (moved to Buglossoporus)
- Piptoporus soloniensis (Dubois) Pilát (1937)
- Piptoporus suberosus (L.) Murrill (1903)
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