Meripilaceae

Meripilaceae
Meripilus giganteus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Meripilaceae
Jülich (1982)
Type genus
Meripilus
P.Karst. (1882)
Synonyms[1]
  • Rigidoporaceae Jülich (1981)

The Meripilaceae are a family of fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscribed by Swiss mycologist Walter Jülich in 1982 with Meripilus as the type genus.[2] A 2008 estimate placed 7 genera and 57 species in Meripilaceae.[3] As of April 2018, Index Fungorum accepts 74 species in the family.[4]

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