# Phlebia

Phlebia is a genus of mostly crust fungi in the family Meruliaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution. Phlebia species cause white rot.

## Taxonomy

Phlebia was circumscribed by Swedish mycologist Elias Fries in his 1821 work Systema Mycologicum. He included four species: P. merismoides, P. radiata, P. contorta, and P. vaga.
Several molecular studies have demonstrated that Phlebia is a collection of sometimes unrelated taxa that share some morphological similarities. In a 2015 study, Floudas and Hibbett identified a "core Phlebia clade" within the larger Phlebioid clade, containing P. radiata, P. acerina, P. floridensis, P. setulosa, P. brevispora, and P. tremellosa. A subsequent study suggested that P. lindtneri, P. serialis and P. leptospermi should be added to this core group.
Phlebia-like fungi with aculei (spines) are often included in the genera Mycoacia if they are monomitic, and Mycoaciella if they are dimitic or trimitic.

## Species

As of May 2018, Index Fungorum accepts 89 species of Phlebia:
* P. anthocystis Gilb. & Nakasone (1998) – Hawaii
* P. acerina Peck (1889)
* P. alni Velen. (1922)
* P. amylostratosa Svrček (1973)
* P. ardesiaca Parmasto (1967)
* P. argentea Parmasto (1967)
* P. argentina (Speg.) Rajchenb. & J.E.Wright (1987)
* P. argentinensis W.B.Cooke (1956)
* P. brevibasidia G.Kaur, Avn.P. Singh & Dhingra (2017) – Punjab, India
* P. brevispora Nakasone (1981)
* P. brunneofusca (Hjortstam & Ryvarden) Nakasone & Gilb. (1998)
* P. canadensis W.B.Cooke (1956)
* P. capitata Bernicchia & Gorjón (2010)
* P. caspica Hallenb. (1980)
* P. castanea Lloyd (1922)
* P. celtidis W.B.Cooke (1956)
* P. centrifuga P.Karst. (1881)
* P. cinnamomea Rick (1960)
* P. citrea (Pat.) Nakasone (2003)
* P. coccineofulva Schwein. (1832)
* P. columellifera (G.Cunn.) Duhem (2009)
* P. crassisubiculata Avn.P. Singh, Priyanka, Dhingra & Singla (2010) – Himachal Pradesh, India
* P. cristata Velen. (1922)
* P. cystidiata H.S.Jacks. ex W.B.Cooke (1956)
* P. diaphana Parmasto ex K.H.Larss. & Hjortstam (1986)
* P. dictyophoroides Sang H.Lin & Z.C.Chen (1990)
* P. diffissa J.Erikss. & Hjortstam (1981)
* P. donkii Bourdot (1930)
* P. epithelioides P.Roberts (2000) – Cameroon
* P. faviformis W.B.Cooke (1958)
* P. femsjoeensis (Litsch. & S.Lundell) J.Erikss. & Hjortstam (1981)
* P. firma J.Erikss. & Hjortstam (1981)
* P. flavocrocea (Bres.) Donk (1957)
* P. floridensis Nakasone & Burds. (1995) – United States
* P. formosana Sheng H.Wu (1990) – Taiwan
* P. fragilis (G.Cunn.) Gorjón & Gresl. (2012)
* P. gilbertsonii Nakasone (1997)
* P. griseoflavescens (Litsch.) J.Erikss. & Hjortstam (1981) – Europe
* P. griseolivens (Bourdot & Galzin) Parmasto (1967)
* P. hydnoidea Schwein. (1832)
* P. icterina P.Roberts (2000) – Cameroon
* P. introversa (Rehill & B.K.Bakshi) Hjortstam (1995)
* P. jurassica Duhem & M.Duenas (2013) – Europe
* P. lacteola (Bourdot) M.P.Christ. (1960) – Great Britain
* P. leptospermi (G.Cunn.) Stalpers (1985) – Western Australia
* P. lilascens (Bourdot) J.Erikss. & Hjortstam (1981) – Europe
* P. livida (Pers.) Bres. (1897) – Africa; Europe; North America
* P. lividina Hjortstam (1995) – South Carolina, USA
* P. ludoviciana (Burt) Nakasone & Burds. (1982)
* P. margaritae Duhem & H.Michel (2007)
* P. merulioides Lloyd (1915)
* P. moelleriana Henn. (1897)
* P. murrillii W.B.Cooke (1956)
* P. nantahaliensis Nakasone & Burds. (1995)
* P. nitidula (P.Karst.) Ryvarden (1971)
* P. pallidolivens (Bourdot & Galzin) Parmasto (1967)
* P. parva Ghob.-Nejh. (2012)
* P. patriciae Gilb. & Hemmes (2004) – Hawaii
* P. pellucida Hjortstam & Ryvarden (1988) – China
* P. phlebioides (H.S.Jacks. & Dearden) Donk (1957)
* P. plumbea Parmasto (1967)
* P. pulcherrima Parmasto (1967)
* P. pyrenaica Duhem (2009)
* P. radiata Fr. (1821)
* P. rhodana Duhem & B.Rivoire (2014)
* P. rufa (Pers.) M.P.Christ. (1960) – Europe; Jamaica
* P. ryvardenii Hallenb. & Hjortstam (1988)
* P. scarlatina $_{J.A.Cooper(2023)}$
* P. sedimenticola (S.Ahmad) S.Ahmad (1972)
* P. segregata (Bourdot & Galzin) Parmasto (1967) – Europe
* P. separata (H.S.Jacks. & Dearden) Parmasto (1967)
* P. serialis (Fr.) Donk (1957) – Sweden
* P. sordida Rick (1938) – South America
* P. subceracea (Wakef.) Nakasone (2003) – Australia
* P. subconspersa (Rick) Baltazar & Rajchenb. (2016)
* P. subfascicularis (Wakef.) Nakasone & Gilb. (1998) – Australia
* P. sublilascens (Litsch.) Parmasto (1967)
* P. sublivida Parmasto (1967)
* P. subochracea (Alb. & Schwein.) J.Erikss. & Ryvarden (1976) – Europe
* P. subserialis (Bourdot & Galzin) Donk (1957) – Europe
* P. subulata J.Erikss. & Hjortstam (1981)
* P. totara (G.Cunn.) Stalpers & P.K.Buchanan (1991)
* P. tremellosa (Schrad.) Nakasone & Burds. (1984)
* P. tuberculata (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Ţura, Zmitr., Wasser & Spirin (2011)
* P. unica (H.S.Jacks. & Dearden) Ginns (1984)
* P. verruculosa Hjortstam & Ryvarden (1980)
* P. vinosa (Overh.) Burds. (1990)
* P. viridesalebrosa J.Erikss. & Hjortstam (1981) – Europe
* P. weldeniana Nakasone & Burds. (1995)
* P. wrightii (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Duhem (2010)