Taiwanofungus

Taiwanofungus is a fungal genus of unknown familial placement in the order Polyporales. The genus contains two species: the type, Taiwanofungus camphoratus, and T. salmoneus. Taiwanofungus was circumscribed by Chinese mycologists in 2004.[1] T. camphoratus is a medicinal fungus that is found in Taiwan, where it grows on the endemic tree species Cinnamomum kanehirae. It was first described in 1990 by Mu Zang and Ching-Hua Su as a species of Ganoderma.[2] T. salmoneus, originally placed in Antrodia, was validly added to the genus in 2012.[3]

Taiwanofungus
Taiwanofungus camphoratus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Taiwanofungus Sheng H.Wu, Z.H.Yu, Y.C.Dai & C.H.Su (2004)
Type species
Taiwanofungus camphoratus (M.Zang & C.H.Su) Sheng H.Wu, Z.H.Yu, Y.C.Dai & C.H.Su (2004)
Species
T. camphoratus T. salmoneus

References

1. Wu, Sheng-Hua; Yu, Zhi-He; Dai, Yu-Cheng; Chen, Cheng-Tau; Su, Ching-Hua; Chen, Lung-Chung; Hsu, Wei-Che; Hwang, Guang-Yuh (2004). "Taiwanofungus, a polypore new genus" (PDF). Fungal Science. 19 (3–4): 109–116.
2. Zang, Mu; Su, Ching-Hua (1990). "Ganoderma comphoratum a new taxon in genus Ganoderma from Taiwan, China". Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 12: 395–396.
3. Wu, Sheng-Hua; Kirk, Paul M.; Redhead, Scott A.; Stalpers, Joost A.; Dai, Yu-Cheng; Norvell, Lorelei L.; Yang, Zhu-Liang; Ryvarden, Leif; Su, Ching-Hua; Li, Yu; Zhuang, Wen-Ying; Yao, Yi-Jian; Chen, Chee-Jen; Chen, Lung-Chung; Yu, Zhi-He; Wang, Xin-Cun (2012). "Resolution of the nomenclature for niu-chang-chih (Taiwanofungus camphoratus), an important medicinal polypore". Taxon. 61 (6): 103–1310. JSTOR 24389115.