Hexagonia (fungus)

Hexagonia is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions.[1] The generic name is derived from the Latin word hexagonus, meaning "with six angles".[2]

Hexagonia
Hexagonia hydnoides
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Polyporaceae
Genus:
Hexagonia

Fr. (1838)
Type species
Favolus hirtus
(P.Beauv.) Fr. (1838)
Synonyms
  • Apoxona Donk (1969)
  • Pherima Raf. (1819)
  • Phorima Raf. (1830)
  • Pogonomyces Murrill (1904)
  • Polyporus trib. Scenidium Klotzsch (1832)
  • Scenidium (Klotzsch) Kuntze (1898)

Species

As of October 2016, Index Fungorum accepts 41 species in Hexagonia:[3]

  • Hexagonia amplexens Pat. (1902)
  • Hexagonia angulata Lloyd (1920)
  • Hexagonia annamitica Pat. (1927)
  • Hexagonia applanata (Bres.) Lloyd (1920)
  • Hexagonia assaortina Sacc. & Bacc. (1917)
  • Hexagonia bartlettii Massee (1908)
  • Hexagonia bicolor McAlpine (1904)
  • Hexagonia bivalvis (Pers.) Bres. (1913)
  • Hexagonia burchellii Lloyd (1910)
  • Hexagonia caliginosa Lloyd (1922)
  • Hexagonia caperata (Pat.) Murrill (1904)
  • Hexagonia casuarinae Pat. (1901)
  • Hexagonia cucullata (Mont.) Murrill (1904) – Cameroon
  • Hexagonia culmicola Niemelä & Kotir. (2015)[4]
  • Hexagonia cuprea Bres. (1911)
  • Hexagonia dermatiphora Lloyd (1911)
  • Hexagonia fioriana Sacc. (1910)
  • Hexagonia fuscoglabra Lloyd (1922)
  • Hexagonia heteropora (Mont.) Imazeki (1943)
  • Hexagonia hydnoides (Sw.) M. Fidalgo (1968)
  • Hexagonia leprosa Fr. (1851) – Pernambuco
  • Hexagonia mirabilis Lloyd (1910)
  • Hexagonia olivacea Lloyd (1914)
  • Hexagonia phaeopora Pat. (1907)
  • Hexagonia pobeguinii Har. (1892) – Africa
  • Hexagonia purpurascens (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1904)
  • Hexagonia retropicta (Bres.) Lloyd (1922)
  • Hexagonia reyesii Pat. (1914)
  • Hexagonia rhodopora Pat. (1912)
  • Hexagonia seuratii Pat. (1906)
  • Hexagonia similis Berk. (1846) – New South Wales
  • Hexagonia tenuiformis Murrill (1912)
  • Hexagonia tenuis (Hook.) Fr. (1838) – Africa; Asia; South America
  • Hexagonia umbrinella Fr. (1845)
  • Hexagonia umbrosa Lloyd (1920)
  • Hexagonia velutina Pat. & Har. (1893)
  • Hexagonia vesparia (Berk.) Ryvarden (1972) – Australia
  • Hexagonia warburgiana (Henn.) Teixeira (1992)
  • Hexagonia wightii (Klotzsch) Fr. (1838)
  • Hexagonia zambeziana Torrend (1914)
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References
  1. Kirk, P.M.; Cannon, P.F.; Minter, D.W.; Stalpers, J.A. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 316. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
  3. Kirk, P.M. "Species Fungorum (version 28th September 2016). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  4. Härkönen, M.; Niemelä, T.; Mbindo, K.; Kotiranta, H.; Piearce, G. (2015). "Zambian mushrooms and mycology". Norrlinia. 29: 200.

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