propolis (fungus)

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| image = Propolis versicolor 418764.jpg

| image_width = 240px

| image_caption = Propolis versicolor growing on a decorticated madrone branch

| regnum = Fungi

| divisio = Ascomycota

| subdivisio = Pezizomycotina

| classis = Leotiomycetes

| ordo = Rhytismatales

| familia = Rhytismataceae

| genus = Propolis

| genus_authority = (Fr.) Fr. non (Fr.) Corda (1838)

| type_species = Propolis phacidioides

| type_species_authority = Fr. (1849)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

| synonyms_ref =

| synonyms = *Propolomyces Sherwood (1977)

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Propolis is a genus of fungus in the family Rhytismataceae. The genus contains about 14 species.{{cite book |vauthors=Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA |title=Dictionary of the Fungi |edition=10th |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2008 |isbn=0-85199-826-7 |page=562}} This is not to be confused with bee propolis, also known as 'bee glue', which is a byproduct of an active beehive and is not a fungus.

Species

References

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{{cite journal |author=Sherwood MA. |title=Taxonomic studies in the Phacidiales: Propolis and Propolomyces |journal=Mycotaxon |volume=5 |issue=1 |pages=320–30 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0005/001/0320.htm}}

{{cite web |title=Synonymy: Propolis |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=4374 |publisher=Species Fungorum. CAB International |accessdate=2014-05-05}}

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External links

{{cite book |author=Corda AJ. |title=Icones Fungorum Hucusque Cognitorum |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LJVDAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA38 |volume=2 |year=1838 |publisher=Calve |page=38 |language=Latin}}

Category:Leotiomycetes