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Genus of fungi

Phaeolus

Phaeolus schweinitzii
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Phaeolaceae
Genus:	Phaeolus (Pat.) Pat. (1900)
Type species
Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat. (1900)
Synonyms
Fomes subgen. Fomes (Fr.) Fr. (1849) Romellia Murrill (1904) Spongiosus Lloyd ex Torrend (1920) Choriphyllum Velen. (1922)

Phaeolus is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word φαιος meaning "dark" or "obscure".

Species

Phaeolus amazonicus De Jesus & Ryvarden (2010) – Brazil
Phaeolus manihotis R.Heim (1931) – Tanzania
Phaeolus rigidus (Lév.) Pat. (1915)
Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat. (1900) – Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
Phaeolus subbulbipes (Henn.) O.Fidalgo & M.Fidalgo (1957)
Phaeolus tabulaeformis (Berk.) Pat. (1900)

Patouillard, N. (1900). Essai taxonomique sur les familles et les genres des Hyménomycètes (in French). Lons-Le-Saunier. p. 86.
Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
De Jesus, M.A.; Ryvarden, L. (2010). "Studies in neotropical polypores 28. Two new species from Amazonas, Brazil". Synopsis Fungorum. 27: 73–77.
Heim, R. (1931). "Les Phaeolus manihotis sp. nov., parasite du manioc a Madagascar et considération sur le genre Phaeolus Pat". Annales de Cryptogamie Exotique (in French). 4: 175–189.

Taxon identifiers
Phaeolus	Wikidata: Q7180076 AusFungi: 60015390 CoL: 63N3M EoL: 21044 EPPO: 1PAEOG GBIF: 2519269 iNaturalist: 118088 IndexFungorum: 18229 IRMNG: 1291451 MycoBank: 18229 NBN: NHMSYS0001492998 NCBI: 40475 NZOR: 2a43b7db-1c60-481d-ae2e-15ee001d5836 Open Tree of Life: 994530 SpeciesFungorum: 18229

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