Meripilaceae

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^[update], Index Fungorum accepts 74 species in the family.^[4]

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

Genera

• Grifola
• Henningsia
• Hydnopolyporus
• Meripilus
• Physisporinus
• Pseudonadsoniella – Antarctic, Argentina, Galindez Island^[5]
• Rigidoporus