Wolfiporia sulphurea

Wolfiporia sulphurea is a species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. First described in 1917 as Merulius sulphureus by Edward Angus Burt, it was transferred to the genus Wolfiporia by James Herbert Ginns in 1984.[2]

Wolfiporia sulphurea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Polyporaceae
Genus:
Wolfiporia
Species:
W. sulphurea
Binomial name
Wolfiporia sulphurea
(Burt) Ginns (1984)
Synonyms[1]
  • Merulius sulphureus Burt (1917)
  • Byssomerulius sulphureus (Burt) Lindsey (1974)
  • Macrohyporia sulphurea (Burt) Ginns & J.Lowe (1983)
  • Meruliopsis sulphurea (Burt) Ginns & M.N.L.Lefebvre [as 'sulphureus'] (1993)

References
  1. "GSD Species Synonymy: Wolfiporia sulphurea (Burt) Ginns". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  2. Ginns, J. (1984). "New names, new combinations and new synonymy in the Corticiaceae, Hymenochaetaceae and Polyporaceae". Mycotaxon. 21: 325–333.


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