Poorly known species of Poliporaceae from Mexico

Abstract

WE DESCRIBE 11 SPECIES OF LITTLE KNOWN POLIPOROID FUNGI FROM MEXICO, OF WHICH TEN SPECIES HAVE BEEN CITED FROM THE COUNTRY, BUT MORPHOLOGICAL DESCRIPTIONS HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENTED. THE SPECIES ARE FISTULINA HEPATICA SHAEFFER: FR., BJERKANDERA FUMOSA (PERS. :FR.) KARSTEN, CERIPORIA EXCELSA (LUNDELL) PARMASTO, CERIPORIA XYLOSTROMATOIDES (BERKELEY) RYVARDEN & JOHANSEN, OXYPORUS POPULINUS (SCHUM.: FR.) DONK, PERENNIPORIA TENUIS (SCHWEINITZ) RYVARDEN, SKELETOCUTIS OCHROALBA NIEMEL, SPONGIPELLIS UNICOLOR (SCHWEINITZ) MURRILL, SISTOTREMA CONFLUENS PERS.: FR. AND JUNGHUHNIA SEMISUPINIFORME (MURRILL) RYVARDEN. IN ADDITION, OLIGOPORUS HIBERNICUS (BERKELEY & BROOME) GILBERTSON & RYVARDEN REPRESENTS A NEW RECORD FROM MEXICO.