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Polypus
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Polypus

Polypus is a fungal genus of uncertain familial placement in the order Russulales. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Polypus dispansus, originally described by Curtis Gates Lloyd in 1912 as a species of Polyporus. Polypus was circumscribed by Serge Audet in 2010.

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Polypus dispansus

speciesPolypus dispansus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Polypus in The Hieroglyphics

The Hieroglyphics

Horapollo · 1551 · p.246

Polypus in The Hieroglyphics

The Hieroglyphics

Horapollo · 1551 · p.254

Polypus in Hōrou Apollōnos Neilōou Hieroglyphika eklekta = : Hori Apollinis selecta hieroglyphica, sive sacrae notae Aegyptiorum, & insculptae imagines

Hōrou Apollōnos Neilōou Hieroglyphika eklekta = : Hori Apollinis selecta hieroglyphica, sive sacrae notae Aegyptiorum, & insculptae imagines

Horapollo · 1597 · p.247

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 354950.