Trulla dentipora is a neotropical polypore fungus in the family Steccherinaceae, and the type species of the genus Trulla. Characteristics of this species are the irregularly shaped pores with jagged or teeth-like edges, and the sausage-shaped spores. Found in Venezuela, the fungus was originally described by mycologists Leif Ryvarden and Teresa Iturriaga in 2004 as a species of Antrodiella. The type was collected in Henri Pittier National Park, where it was found growing on a hardwood log.[2] Ryvarden and Otto Miettinen transferred the fungus to the newly created Trulla in 2016.[1]

Trulla dentipora
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T. dentipora
Binomial name
Trulla dentipora
(Ryvarden & Iturr.) Miettinen & Ryvarden (2016)
Synonyms[1]
  • Antrodiella dentipora Ryvarden & Iturr. (2004)

References

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  1. ^ a b Miettinen, Otto; Ryvarden, Leif (2016). "Polypore genera Antella, Austeria, Butyrea, Citripora, Metuloidea and Trulla (Steccherinaceae, Polyporales)". Annales Botanici Fennici. 53 (3–4): 157–172. doi:10.5735/085.053.0403.
  2. ^ Ryvarden, Leif; Iturriaga, Teresa (2003). "Studies in neotropical polypores 10. New polypores from Venezuela". Mycologia. 95 (6): 1066–1077. doi:10.1080/15572536.2004.11833021. JSTOR 3761913. PMID 21149014.