Sparsitubus

Sparsitubus is a fungal genus in the family Polyporaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Sparsitubus nelumbiformis, found in Hainan and Yunnan, China.[1] Molecular analysis suggests that Sparsitubus is in a clade of white rot polypores and may be closely related to the Ganodermataceae.[2]

Sparsitubus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Polyporaceae
Genus:
Sparsitubus

L.W.Hsu & J.D.Zhao (1980)
Type species
Sparsitubus nelumbiformis
L.W.Hsu & J.D.Zhao (1980)

References
  1. Xu, L.W.; Zhao, J.D. (1980). "[A new genus of Polyporaceae from China]. Acta Microbiologica Sinica" (in Chinese). 20: 236–239. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Dai, Y.C.; Yuan, H.S.; Zhang, X.Q.; Wang, Z. (2007). "Systematic revisit of Sparsitubus (Basidiomycota, Aphyllophorales), an unusual cyphelloid polypore from China" (PDF). Fungal Diversity: 37–47.


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