Dichostereum

Dichostereum
Various species of Dichostereum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Peniophoraceae
Genus: Dichostereum
Pilát (1926)
Type species
Dichostereum durum
(Bourdot & Galzin) Pilát (1926)

Dichostereum is a genus of corticioid fungi in the Peniophoraceae family. Based on 2025 data, the genus contains 14 species[1] that have a widespread distribution.[2]

The name was coined with the use of the ancient Greek words δῐ́χᾰ (dĭ́khă, “in two”) + στερεόν (stereón) <στερεός (stereós, “firm; rigid; solid”).[3]

Species

  1. Dichostereum austrosinense S.H. He & S.L. Liu
  2. Dichostereum boidinii S.H. He & S.L. Liu
  3. Dichostereum boreale (Pouzar) Ginns & M.N.L. Lefebvre
  4. Dichostereum durum (Bourdot & Galzin) Pilát
  5. Dichostereum eburneum S.H. He & S.L. Liu
  6. Dichostereum effuscatum (Cooke & Ellis) Boidin & Lanq.
  7. Dichostereum induratum (Berk.) Pilát
  8. Dichostereum kenyense Boidin & Lanq.
  9. Dichostereum orientale Boidin & Lanq.
  10. Dichostereum pallescens (Schwein.) Boidin & Lanq.
  11. Dichostereum peniophoroides (Burt) Boidin & Lanq.
  12. Dichostereum ramulosum (Boidin & Lanq.) Boidin & Lanq.
  13. Dichostereum rhodosporum (Wakef.) Boidin & Lanq.
  14. Dichostereum sordulentum (Cooke & Massee) Boidin & Lanq.

References

  1. ^ Kirk, Paul (ed.). "Dichostereum". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 205. ISBN 0-85199-826-7.
  3. ^ "Dichostereum". Wiktionary. Retrieved 23 August 2025.