Inonotus is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. The genus, described by Petter Karsten in 1879,[2] is estimated to contain about 80 species sensu lato and 30 species sensu stricto (in the strict sense).[3]

Inonotus
Inonotus tamaricis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Hymenochaetales
Family: Hymenochaetaceae
Genus: Inonotus
P.Karst. (1879)
Type species
Inonotus cuticularis
(Bull.) P.Karst. (1879)
Synonyms[1]

Cyclomyces Kunze ex Fr. (1830)
Inoderma P.Karst. (1879)
Inodermus Quél. (1886)
Phaeoporus J.Schröt. (1888)
Flaviporellus Murrill (1905)
Cycloporellus Murrill (1907)
Xanthoporia Murrill (1916)
Polystictoides Lázaro Ibiza (1917)
Inonotopsis Parmasto (1973)

The name comes from ino meaning fibrous and ot meaning ear.[4]

Species edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Inonotus P.Karst. 1879". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-11-07.
  2. ^ Karsten PA. (1879). "Symbolae ad mycologiam Fennicam. VI". Meddelanden af Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica (in Latin). 5: 15–46.
  3. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  4. ^ Inonotus Archived 2020-09-29 at the Wayback Machine at Messiah College
  5. ^ Zhou L-W, Wang X-Y (2015). "Inonotus griseus sp. nov. from eastern China". Mycotaxon. 130 (3): 661–669. doi:10.5248/130.661.
  6. ^ a b Yu H-Y, Zhao C-L, Dai Y-C (2013). "Inonotus niveomarginatus and I. tenuissimus spp. nov. (Hymenochaetales), resupinate species from tropical China". Mycotaxon. 124: 61–8. doi:10.5248/124.61.
  7. ^ Inonotus xeranticus - MycoBank