Fungalpedia – Note 2571, Irpicaceae

 

Irpicaceae. Spirin & Zmitr.

Citation when using this data: Boonmee S et al. 2021 – Fungalpedia.

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Classification: Polyporales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi

Notes: Irpicaceae (Polyporales) was described by Spirin and Zmitovich in Spirin (2003), with Irpex as the generic type, to accommodate Antrodiella, Fabisporus, and Phyllotopsis. Currently, according to Justo et al. (2017), the family includes the following genera Byssomerulius, Ceriporia, Cytidiella, Efibula, Emmia, Flavodon, Gloeoporus, Hydnopolyporus, Leptoporus, Meruliopsis and Trametopsis, as well as several more additional species. These taxa include a great assortment of basidiomata and hymenophore types; microscopically, they are characterized by a hyphal system that is monomitic, rarely dimitic, and most hyphae are without clamps; cystidia are usually absent and spores thin-walled, smooth and hyaline. All species are saprobes, growing on decayed wood, and most of them are associated with white rot. 

Type genus: Irpex Fr., Syst. orb. veg. (Lundae): 81 (1825).

 

References

Justo A, Miettinen O, Floudas D, Ortiz-Santana B, Sjökvist E, Lindner D, Nakasone K, Niemelä T, Larsson KH, Ryvarden L, Hibbet DS 2017 – A revised family-level classification of the Polyporales (Basidiomycota). Fungal Biol 121:798–824.

Spirin WA 2003 – Antrodiella romellii (Irpicaceae, Basidiomycetes) in Russia. Mycena 3:47–52.

 

Entry by

Saranyaphat Boonmee, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand

 

Published online 6 June 2026

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