Leptoporus

Leptoporus is a genus of polypore fungi. The type species, Leptoporus mollis (or the soft bracket),^[1] is widespread throughout north temperate areas.^[2] The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek words λεπτός ("thin") and πόρος ("pore").^[3]

Leptoporus
Leptoporus mollis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Irpicaceae
Genus:	Leptoporus Quél. (1886)
Type species
Leptoporus mollis (Pers.) Quél. (1886)

Although traditionally classified in the family Polyporaceae,^[2] recent molecular phylogenetic analysis supports the placement of Leptoporus in the Irpicaceae.^[4][5]

Species

• Leptoporus alutaeformis Pat. (1920)
• Leptoporus apalus (Cooke) Pat. (1900)
• Leptoporus bulgaricus Pilát (1937)
• Leptoporus canaliculatus (Pat.) Pat. (1900)
• Leptoporus coriolus D.A.Reid (1963)
• Leptoporus dalmaticus Pilát (1953)
• Leptoporus lindtneri Pilát (1938)
• Leptoporus micantiformis Pilát (1936)
• Leptoporus mollis (Pers.) Quél. (1886)
• Leptoporus pallidocervinus (Schwein.) Pat. (1903)
• Leptoporus schulzeri (Bourdot & Galzin) Pilát (1938)
• Leptoporus werneri Pilát (1939)