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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. Molecular analysis suggests that Sparsitubus is in a clade of white rot polypores and may be closely related to the Ganodermataceae.

References

1. Xu, L.W.; Zhao, J.D. (1980). "". Acta Microbiologica Sinica (in Chinese). 20: 236–239.
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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