Pseudofavolus

Pseudofavolus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Pseudofavolus Pat. (1900)
Type species
Pseudofavolus miquelii (Mont.) Pat. (1900)

Pseudofavolus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1900.[1] The generic name combines the Ancient Greek word ψευδής ("false") with the genus name Favolus.[2]

Species

• Pseudofavolus bipindiensis (Henn.) Pat. (1914)
• Pseudofavolus miquelii (Mont.) Pat. (1900) – Dominican Republic; Sierra Leone
• Pseudofavolus nigrus Ryvarden (1987)
• Pseudofavolus orinocensis (Pat. & Gaillard) Ryvarden (1972)
• Pseudofavolus polygrammus (Mont.) G.Cunn. (1965)
• Pseudofavolus pulchellus (Lév.) G.Cunn. (1965) – Philippines

References

1. Patouillard, N. (1900). Essai taxonomique sur les familles et les genres des Hyménomycètes (in French). Lons-le-Saunier, Imprimerie et lithographie L. Declume. p. 80.
2. Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.