Donkioporia

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{{Short description|Genus of fungi}}

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| image =Fomitiporia ohiensis (Herbarium specimen).jpg

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| image_caption =Donkioporia expansa herbarium specimen, formerly Fomitiporia ohiensis

| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Basidiomycota

| classis = Agaricomycetes

| ordo = Polyporales

| familia = Fomitopsidaceae

| genus = Donkioporia

| genus_authority = Kotl. & Pouzar (1973)

| type_species = Donkioporia expansa

| type_species_authority = (Desm.) Kotlába & Pouzar (1973)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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Donkioporia is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The genus consists of two resupinate (crust-like) species: the type Donkioporia expansa, and D. albidofusca (formerly Poria albidofusca), which was transferred to the genus in 2010.

The genus name of Donkioporia is in honour of Marinus Anton Donk (1908–1972), who was a Dutch mycologist. He specialized in the taxonomy and nomenclature of mushrooms.{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=27 January 2022}}

The genus was circumscribed by František Kotlaba and Zdeněk Pouzar in Persoonia Vol.7 on page 214 in 1973.

References

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{{cite journal |author1=Kotlába, F. |author2=Pouzar, Z. |title=Donkioporia Kotl. & Pouz., a new genus for Poria megalopora (Pers.) Cooke |journal=Persoonia |year=1973 |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=213–216 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/61056/0007/002/0213.htm}}

{{cite journal |author1=Vlasák, J. |author2=Kout, J. |author3=Dvorák, D. |title=Taxonomical position of polypore Dichomitus albidofuscus: Donkioporia albidofusca comb. nov. |journal=Mycological Progress |year=2010 |volume=9 |issue=1 |pages=147–150 |doi=10.1007/s11557-009-0617-1|s2cid=12687737 }}

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Category:Fomitopsidaceae

Category:Polyporales genera

Category:Taxa described in 1973

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