Dichostereum is a genus of corticioid fungi in the Peniophoraceae family. Based on 2025 data, the genus contains 14 species[1] that have a widespread distribution.[2]
| Dichostereum | |
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| Various species of Dichostereum | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | Peniophoraceae |
| Genus: | Dichostereum Pilát (1926) |
| Type species | |
| Dichostereum durum (Bourdot & Galzin) Pilát (1926) | |
The name was coined with the use of the ancient Greek words δῐ́χᾰ (dĭ́khă, “in two”) + στερεόν (stereón) <στερεός (stereós, “firm; rigid; solid”).[3]
Species
edit- Dichostereum austrosinense S.H. He & S.L. Liu
- Dichostereum boidinii S.H. He & S.L. Liu
- Dichostereum boreale (Pouzar) Ginns & M.N.L. Lefebvre
- Dichostereum durum (Bourdot & Galzin) Pilát
- Dichostereum eburneum S.H. He & S.L. Liu
- Dichostereum effuscatum (Cooke & Ellis) Boidin & Lanq.
- Dichostereum induratum (Berk.) Pilát
- Dichostereum kenyense Boidin & Lanq.
- Dichostereum orientale Boidin & Lanq.
- Dichostereum pallescens (Schwein.) Boidin & Lanq.
- Dichostereum peniophoroides (Burt) Boidin & Lanq.
- Dichostereum ramulosum (Boidin & Lanq.) Boidin & Lanq.
- Dichostereum rhodosporum (Wakef.) Boidin & Lanq.
- Dichostereum sordulentum (Cooke & Massee) Boidin & Lanq.
References
edit- ↑ Kirk, Paul (ed.). "Dichostereum". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
- ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 205. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
- ↑ "Dichostereum". Wiktionary. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
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