Inonotus | |
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Inonotus tamaricis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Hymenochaetales |
Family: | Hymenochaetaceae |
Genus: |
Inonotus P.Karst. (1879) |
Type species | |
Inonotus cuticularis (
Bull.) P.Karst. (1879)
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Synonyms [1] | |
Cyclomyces Kunze ex Fr. (1830) |
Inonotus is a genus of fungi in the family Hymenochaetaceae. The genus, described by Petter Karsten in 1879, [2] is estimated to contain about 80 species sensu lato and 30 species sensu stricto (in the strict sense). [3]
The name comes from ino meaning fibrous and ot meaning ear. [4]