Epithele

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::summary Genus of fungi ::

| image = Epithele typhae 204782.jpg | image_caption = Epithele typhae, Bonnefont, France | taxon = Epithele | authority = (Pat.) Pat. (1900) | type_species = Epithele typhae | type_species_authority = (Pat.) Pat. (1900) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = | synonyms = *Hypochnus sect. Epithele Pat. (1899)

Epithele is a genus of crust fungi in the family Polyporaceae.

Taxonomy

Epithele was first proposed in 1899 by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard as a section of the genus Hypochnus. He included Hypochnus dussii and the type species, H. typhae, based on their similar appearance, habitat, and organization. Patouillard emphasized the presence of hyphal pegs as a major distinguishing characteristic of the genus. Hyphal pegs are bundles of hyphae that originate in the trama and project into the hymenium. A year later, he raised Epithele to generic status, maintaining the same two species. Hypochnus dussii later became the type of the genus Tubulicium. Daisy Boquiren revised the genus in 1971, accepting 13 species. Later contributions to the systematics of Epithele were made by Jülich (1976), Boidin and Lanquetin (1983), Boidin and Gilles (2000), and Hjortstam and Ryvarden (2005). In 2013, Karen Nakasone emended the generic concept to include Epithele bambusae (a species without hyphal pegs), and accepted 17 species.

Species

, Index Fungorum accepts 23 species of Epithele:

• Epithele bambusae (Burt) K.K.Nakasone (2013)
• Epithele bambusina Rick (1959) – Brazil
• Epithele belizensis K.K.Nakasone (2013)
• Epithele bisterigmata Boidin, Gilles & Duhem (2000) – Réunion
• Epithele ceracea K.K.Nakasone (2013)
• Epithele citrispora Boidin, Lanq. & Gilles (1983)
• Epithele cylindricosterigmata Han C.Wang & Sheng H.Wu (2010)
• Epithele efibulata Boidin, Lanq. & Gilles (1983)
• Epithele fasciculata (G.Cunn.) Boidin & Gilles (1986)
• Epithele horridula Rick (1940)
• Epithele hydnoides Burt (1923) – Hawaii
• Epithele interrupta Bres. (1914) – Congo
• Epithele lutea Han C.Wang & Sheng H.Wu (2010)
• Epithele macarangae Boidin & Lanq. (1983)
• Epithele malaiensis Boidin & Lanq. (1983)
• Epithele nikau G.Cunn. (1956) – New Zealand
• Epithele nivea Rick (1959) – Brazil
• Epithele ovalispora Boidin & Lanq. (1983)
• Epithele reunionis Nakasone (2013)
• Epithele ryvardenii Nakasone (2013)
• Epithele straminea Rick (1959) – Brazil
• Epithele subfusispora (Burds. & Nakasone) Hjortstam & Ryvarden (2005) – South America
• Epithele sulphurea Burt (1920) – North America
• Epithele typhae (Pers.) Pat. (1900)

References

References

1. (1983). "Basidiomycètes Aphyllophorales epitheloides étalés". Mycotaxon.
2. (2000). "Basidiomycètes Aphyllophorales de l'île de La Réunion. XIX: Le genre ''Epithele'' (Pat.) Pat. 1900". Bulletin Mensuel de la Société Linnéenne de Lyon.
3. Boquiren, Daisy T.. (1971). "The genus ''Epithele''". Mycologia.
4. Burt, E.A.. (1919). "The Thelephoraceae of North America. XI. ''Tulasnella'', ''Veluticeps'', ''Mycobonia'', ''Epithele'', and ''Lachnocladium''". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
5. Burt, E.A.. (1923). "Higher fungi of the Hawaiian Islands". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden.
6. Kirk, P.M.. (February 2025). "Species Fungorum (version 29th May 2017). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life".
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8. Cunningham, G.H.. (1956). "Thelephoraceae of New Zealand. Part VII. The genus ''Lopharia''. Part VIII. The genera ''Epithele'' and ''Mycobonia''". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand.
9. De Wildeman, É.. (1914). "Additions à la Flore du Congo". Bulletin du Jardin Botanique de l'État à Bruxelles.
10. (2005). "Notes on the genus ''Epithele'' (Basidiomycotina, Aphyllophorales) from South America". Synopsis Fungorum.
11. Jülich, W.. (1976). "Studies in hydnoid fungi – I. On some genera with hyphal pegs". Persoonia.
12. Nakasone, Karen K.. (2013). "Taxonomy of ''Epithele'' (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)". Sydowia.
13. Oberwinkler, F.. (1965). "Primitive Basidiomyceten. Revision einiger Formenkreise von Basidienpilzen mit plastischer Basidie". Sydowia.
14. Patouillard, M.. (1899). "Champignons de la Guadeloupe". Bulletin Trimestriel de la Société Mycologique de France.
15. Patouillard, M.. (1900). "Essai taxonomique sur les families et les genres des Hyménomycètes". Lucien Declume.
16. Rick, J.E.. (1959). "Eubasidii in Rio Grande do Sul - Brasilia. 2. Thelephoraceae". Iheringia.
17. Ryvarden, L.. (2005). "Notes on ''Epithele'' from South America (Basidiomycotina, Aphyllophorales)". Synopsis Fungorum.
18. (2010). "Three new species of corticioid fungi with hyphal pegs". Mycologia.

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