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Wolfiporia
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Wolfiporia

Wolfiporia is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Leif Ryvarden and Robert Lee Gilbertson in 1984 to contain the type species Wolfiporia cocos (now known as Wolfiporia extensa) and W. dilatohypha. The genus is named in honor of mycologist Frederick Adolph Wolf, who was the first to officially describe the type species.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Tuckahoe

speciesWolfiporia cocos

Wolfiporia sp. 'cocos-IN01'

speciesWolfiporia sp. 'cocos-IN01'

Fuling

speciesWolfiporia hoelen

Wolfiporia pseudococos

speciesWolfiporia pseudococos

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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 629252.