Royoporus

Royoporus spathulatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Royoporus; A.B.De (1996)
Species:	R. spathulatus
Binomial name
	Royoporus spathulatus; (Jungh.) A.B.De (1996)
Synonyms
	List Laschia spatulata Jungh. (1838); Favolus spatulatus (Jungh.) Lév. (1844); Hymenogramme spatulata (Jungh.) Sacc. & Cub. (1887); Aschersonia spatulata (Jungh.) Kuntze (1898); Tyromyces spatulatus (Jungh.) G. Cunn. (1965); Polyporus spatulatus (Jungh.) Corner (1984); Favolus moluccensis Mont. (1843); Polyporus moluccensis (Mont.) Ryvarden (1990);

Royoporus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Asit Baran De in 1996. The genus name honours Indian botanist Anjali Roy,^[1] (1930–2017), who worked at Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal.^[2] The genus is monotypic, being represented by the single species Royoporus spatulatus.

Former species;^[3]

R. badius (Pers.) A.B. De (1997) = Picipes badius
R. pseudobetulinus (Murashk. ex Pilát) A.B. De (1998) = Favolus pseudobetulinus

References

^ De AB. (1996). "Royoporus – a new genus for Favolus spathulatus". Mycotaxon. 60: 143–148.
^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
^ "Royoporus - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 5 October 2022.

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