Meripilus is a fungal genus in the family Meripilaceae. The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words {{lang|grc|μερίς}} ("part" or "portion") and {{lang|grc|πῖλος}} ("cap").

Species

Meripilus applanatus Corner (1984) – South Solomons
Meripilus giganteus (Pers.) P.Karst. (1882) – Europe
Meripilus maculatus Corner (1984) – Sumatra
Meripilus sumstinei (Murrill) M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1988) – North America
Meripilus tropicalis Guzmán & Pérez-Silva (1975) – Mexico
Meripilus villosulus Corner (1984)– Peninsular Malaysia

References

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{{cite book |author=Corner, E.J.H. |year=1984 |title=Ad Polyporaceas II & III |series=Beihefte zur Nova Hedwigia |publisher=Lubrecht & Cramer |volume=78 |pages=187; 202–203}}

{{cite journal |author=Donk, M.A. |year=1960 |title=The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae |journal=Persoonia |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=173–302 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/61056/0001/002/0173.htm}}

{{cite journal |author1=Guzmán, G. |author2=Pérez-Silva, E. |year=1975 |title=Una nueva especie de Meripilus, hongo gigante destructor de la madera en la selva tropical de Mexico |journal=Boletín de la Sociedad Mexicana de Micologia |volume=9 |pages=53–59 |language=Spanish}}

{{cite journal |author1=Larsen, M.J. |author2=Lombard, F.F. |year=1988 |title=The status of Meripilus giganteus (Aphyllophorales, Polyporaceae) in North America |journal=Mycologia |volume=80 |issue=5 |pages=612–621 |url=https://www.fpl.fs.fed.us/documnts/pdf1988/larse88b.pdf |jstor=3807709 |doi=10.2307/3807709}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=18044 |title=Meripilus P. Karst. 1882 |publisher=MycoBank. International Mycological Association |accessdate=2011-02-07}}

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Category:Polyporales genera

Category:Meripilaceae

Category:Taxa named by Petter Adolf Karsten

Category:Taxa described in 1882