Meripilus

Meripilus is a fungal genus in the family Meripilaceae.^[1] The genus name combines the Ancient Greek words μερίς ("part" or "portion") and πῖλος ("cap").^[2]

Meripilus
Meripilus giganteus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Meripilaceae
Genus:	Meripilus P.Karst. (1882)
Type species
Meripilus giganteus (Pers.) P.Karst. (1882)
Species
M. applanatus M. giganteus M. maculatus M. sumstinei M. tropicalis M. villosulus
Synonyms[1]
Flabellopilus Kotlába & Pouzar (1957) Porodon Fr. (1851)

Species

• Meripilus applanatus Corner (1984)^[3] – South Solomons
• Meripilus giganteus (Pers.) P.Karst. (1882) – Europe
• Meripilus maculatus Corner (1984)^[3] – Sumatra
• Meripilus sumstinei (Murrill) M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1988)^[4] – North America
• Meripilus tropicalis Guzmán & Pérez-Silva (1975)^[5] – Mexico
• Meripilus villosulus Corner (1984)^[3]– Peninsular Malaysia