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Stiptophyllum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Stiptophyllum Ryvarden (1973)
Type species
Stiptophyllum erubescens (Berk.) Ryvarden (1973)
Synonyms
Daedalea erubescens Berk. (1840)

Stiptophyllum is a fungal genus in the family Polyporaceae. It is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Stiptophyllum erubescens. The genus was circumscribed by Norwegian mycologist Leif Ryvarden in 1973. Stiptophyllum erubescens is found in tropical South America and causes brown rot of wood. Its fruit body has a stipe, which distinguishes it from the similar genus Gloeophyllum.

References

1. Berkeley, M.J. (1840). "Notice of some fungi collected by C. Darwin, Esq., during the expedition of H.M. Ship Beagle". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4): 291–293.
2. Ryvarden, L. (1973). "New genera in the Polyporaceae". Norwegian Journal of Botany. 20 (1): 1–5.
3. Campos-Santana, Marisa de; Loguercio-Leite, Clarice (2008). "A note on Stiptophyllum erubescens". Mycotaxon. 106: 127–132.

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