Polyporaceae

Polyporaceae
The Polyporaceae are a family of poroid fungi belonging to the Basidiomycota. The flesh of their fruit bodies varies from soft (as in the case of the dryad's saddle illustrated) to very tough. Most members of this family have their hymenium (fertile layer) in vertical pores on the underside of the caps, but some of them have gills (e.g. Panus) or gill-like structures (such as Daedaleopsis, whose elongated pores form a corky labyrinth). Many species are brackets, but others have a definite stipe – for example, Polyporus badius.
Most of these fungi have white spore powder but members of the genus Abundisporus have colored spores and produce yellowish spore prints. Cystidia are absent.
Taxonomy
In his 1838 work Epicrisis Systematis Mycologici seu Synopsis Hymenomycetum, Elias Magnus Fries introduced the "Polyporei". August Corda published the name validly the following year, retaining Fries's concept. American mycologist William Alphonso Murrill, in a series of publications in the early 1900s, classified the polypores into a more organized family of 78 genera, including 29 that were monotypic, and 39 that were new to science. Around the same time as Murrill, Curtis Gates Lloyd devoted considerable effort in sorting polypore taxonomy, and amassed a large and diverse collection of fruit bodies from around the world. In his 1953 monograph The Polyporaceae of the European U.S.S.R. and Caucasia, Apollinarii Semenovich Bondartsev included 54 genera in the Polyporaceae, which he further divided into five subfamilies and 10 tribes. Several works contributing to the systematics of the Polyporaceae were published in the following decades, including Marinus Anton Donk (1960, 1964), Gordon Heriot Cunningham (1965), and David Pegler (1973).
Genera
, Index Fungorum accepts 114 genera and 1621 species in the Polyporaceae:
Abundisporus Ryvarden (1999); 7 species
Amyloporia Singer (1944); 5 species
Amyloporiella A.David & Tortič (1984); 1 species
Atroporus Ryvarden (1973); 3 species
Aurantiporus Murrill (1905); 5 species
Australoporus P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (1988); 1 species
Austrolentinus Ryvarden (1991); 1 species
Cellulariella Zmitr. & Malysheva (2014); 2 species
Cerrena Gray (1821); 7 species
Cerarioporia F.Wu, L.W.Zhou & Jing Si; 1 species
Colospora Miettinen & Spirin (2015); 1 species
Coriolopsis Murrill (1905); 21 species
Crassisporus B.K. Cui & Xing Ji (2019); 4 species
Cryptomphalina R.Heim (1966); 1 species
Cryptoporus (Peck) Shear (1902); 2 species
Cystidiophorus Bondartsev & Ljub. (1963); 1 species
Daedaleopsis J.Schröt. (1888); 9 species
Datronia Donk (1966); 8 species
Datroniella B.K.Cui, Hai J.Li & Y.C.Dai (2014); 5 species
Dentocorticium (Parmasto) M.J.Larsen & Gilb. (1974); 7 species
Dextrinoporus H.S.Yuan (2018); 1 species
Dichomitus D.A.Reid (1965); 24 species
Diplomitoporus Domański (1970); 20 species
Earliella Murrill (1905); 1 species
Echinochaete D.A.Reid (1963); 5 species
Epithele (Pat.) Pat. (1900); 24 species
Epithelopsis Jülich (1976); 2 species
Erastia Niemelä & Kinnunen (2005); 1 species
Faerberia Pouzar (1981); 1 species
Favolus Fr. (1828); 25 species
Flammeopellis Y.C.Dai, B.K.Cui & C.L.Zhao (2014); 1 species
Fomes (Fr.) Fr. (1849); 59 species
Funalia Pat. (1900); 7 species
Fuscocerrena Ryvarden (1982); 1 species
Globifomes Murrill (1904); 1 species
Grammothele Berk. & M.A.Curtis (1868); 19 species
Grammothelopsis Jülich (1982); 7 species
Hapalopilus P.Karst. (1881); 15 species
Haploporus Bondartsev & Singer (1944); 6 species
Hexagonia Fr. (1836); 41 species
Hymenogramme Mont. & Berk. (1844); 1 species
Laccocephalum McAlpine & Tepper (1895); 5 species
Laetifomes T.Hatt. (2001); 1 species
Leifiporia Y.C.Dai, F.Wu & C.L.Zhao (2016); 2 species
Leiotrametes Welti & Courtec. (2012); 2 species
Lentinus Fr. (1825); 120 species
Lenzites Fr. (1836); 25 species
Leptoporus Quél. (1886); 12 species
Lignosus Lloyd ex Torrend (1920); 8 species
Lithopolyporales R.K.Kar, N.Sharma, A.Agarwal & R.Kar (2003); 1 species
Lloydella Bres. (1901); 3 species
Lopharia Kalchbr. & MacOwan (1881); 15 species
Loweporus J.E.Wright (1976); 8 species
Macrohyporia I.Johans. & Ryvarden (1979); 3 species
Megasporia B.K.Cui, Y.C.Dai & Hai J.Li (2013); 7 species
Megasporoporia Ryvarden & J.E.Wright (1982); 4 species
Megasporoporiella B.K.Cui, Y.C.Dai & Hai J.Li (2013); 5 species
Melanoderma B.K.Cui & Y.C.Dai (2011); 2 species
Melanoporella Murrill (1907); 1 species
Microporellus Murrill (1905); 23 species
Microporus P.Beauv. (1805); 12 species
Mollicarpus Ginns (1984); 1 species
Mycobonia Pat. (1894); 1 species
Myriothele Nakasone (2013); 1 species
Navisporus Ryvarden (1980); 6 species
Neodatronia B.K.Cui, Hai J.Li & Y.C.Dai (2014); 2 species
Neodictyopus Palacio, Robledo, Reck & Drechsler-Santos; 3 species
Neofavolus Sotome & T.Hatt. (2013); 4 species
Neofomitella Y.C.Dai, Hai J.Li & Vlasák (2015); 3 species
Nigrofomes Murrill (1904); 2 species
Pachykytospora Kotl. & Pouzar (1963); 3 species
Panus Fr. (1838); 40 species
Perenniporia Murrill (1942); 100 species
Perenniporiella Decock & Ryvarden (2003); 5 species
Perenniporiopsis C.L.Zhao (2017); 1 species
Phaeotrametes Lloyd ex J.E.Wright (1966); 1 species
Piloporia Niemelä (1982); 2 species
Podofomes Pouzar (1966); 3 species
Polyporus P.Micheli ex Adans. (1763); 279 species
Porogramme (Pat.) Pat. (1900); 7 species
Poronidulus Murrill (1904); 2 species
Pseudofavolus Pat. (1900); 6 species
Pseudopiptoporus Ryvarden (1980); 2 species
Pseudomegasporoporia 1 species
Pycnoporus P.Karst. (1881); 4 species
Pyrofomes Kotl. & Pouzar (1964); 7 species
Roseofavolus T.Hatt. (2003); 1 species
Royoporus A.B.De (1996); 2 species
Rubroporus Log.-Leite, Ryvarden & Groposo (2002); 2 species
Ryvardenia Rajchenb. (1994); 2 species
Sarcoporia P.Karst. (1894); 3 species
Skeletocutis Kotl. & Pouzar (1958); 43 species
Sparsitubus L.W.Hsu & J.D.Zhao (1980); 1 species
Spongipellis Pat. (1887); 9 species
Stiptophyllum Ryvarden (1973); 1 species
Thermophymatospora Udagawa, Awao & Abdullah (1986); 1 species
Tinctoporellus Ryvarden (1979); 4 species
Trametes Fr. (1836); 195 species
Trametopsis Tomšovský (2008); 1 species
Tyromyces P.Karst. (1881); 119 species
Truncospora Pilát (1953); 10 species
Vanderbylia D.A.Reid (1973); 7 species
Wolfiporia Ryvarden & Gilb. (1984); 6 species
Xerotus Fr. (1828); 16 species
Yuchengia B.K.Cui & Steffen (2013); 1 species
In a proposed family-level classification of the Polyporales based on molecular phylogenetics, Alfredo Justo and colleagues propose synonymizing the Ganodermataceae with the Polyporaceae, and accept 44 genera in this family: Abundisporus, Amauroderma, Cerarioporia, Colospora, Cryptoporus, Datronia, Datroniella, Dendrodontia, Dentocorticium, Dichomitus, Donkioporia, Earliella, Echinochaete, Epithele, Favolus, Fomes, Fomitella, Ganoderma, Grammothele, Grammothelopsis, Hexagonia, Haploporus, Hornodermoporus, Lentinus, Lignosus, Lopharia, Megasporia, Megasporoporia, Melanoderma, Microporellus, Microporus, Neodatronia, Neofavolus, Pachykytospora, Perenniporia, Perenniporiella, Pseudofavolus, Pyrofomes, Tinctoporellus, Tomophagus, Trametes, Truncospora, Vanderbylia, and Yuchengia.
References
Polyporaceae
Taxa named by Elias Magnus Fries
Taxa described in 1839