Hexagonia (fungus)

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);

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]

Species[]

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

Pat. (1902)
Lloyd (1920)
Pat. (1927)
(Bres.) Lloyd (1920)
Sacc. & Bacc. (1917)
Massee (1908)
McAlpine (1904)
(Pers.) Bres. (1913)
Lloyd (1910)
Lloyd (1922)
(Pat.) Murrill (1904)
Pat. (1901)
(Mont.) Murrill (1904) – Cameroon
Niemelä & Kotir. (2015)^[4]
Bres. (1911)
Lloyd (1911)
Sacc. (1910)
Lloyd (1922)
(Mont.) Imazeki (1943)
Hexagonia hydnoides (Sw.) M. Fidalgo (1968)
Fr. (1851) – Pernambuco
Lloyd (1910)
Lloyd (1914)
Pat. (1907)
Har. (1892) – Africa
(Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1904)
(Bres.) Lloyd (1922)
Pat. (1914)
Pat. (1912)
Pat. (1906)
Berk. (1846) – New South Wales
Murrill (1912)
(Hook.) Fr. (1838) – Africa; Asia; South America
Fr. (1845)
Lloyd (1920)
Pat. & Har. (1893)
(Berk.) Ryvarden (1972) – Australia
(Henn.) Teixeira (1992)
(Klotzsch) Fr. (1838)
Torrend (1914)

References[]

^ 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.
^ Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
^ Kirk, P.M. "Species Fungorum (version 28th September 2016). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2015-10-30.
^ Härkönen, M.; Niemelä, T.; Mbindo, K.; Kotiranta, H.; Piearce, G. (2015). "Zambian mushrooms and mycology". Norrlinia. 29: 200.

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[Kirk_2008-1] 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.

[Donk_1960-2] Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.

[CoL-Fungorum-3] Kirk, P.M. "Species Fungorum (version 28th September 2016). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2015-10-30.

[Härkönen_2015-4] Härkönen, M.; Niemelä, T.; Mbindo, K.; Kotiranta, H.; Piearce, G. (2015). "Zambian mushrooms and mycology". Norrlinia. 29: 200.

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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)