Phaeolus

Phaeolus is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek word φαιος meaning "dark" or "obscure".^[2]

Phaeolus
Phaeolus schweinitzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Phaeolaceae
Genus:	Phaeolus (Pat.) Pat. (1900)[1]
Type species
Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat. (1900)
Synonyms
Fomes subgen. Fomes (Fr.) Fr. (1849) Romellia Murrill (1904) Spongiosus Lloyd ex Torrend (1920) Choriphyllum Velen. (1922)

Species

• Phaeolus amazonicus De Jesus & Ryvarden (2010)^[3] – Brazil
• Phaeolus manihotis R.Heim (1931)^[4] – Tanzania
• Phaeolus rigidus (Lév.) Pat. (1915)
• Phaeolus schweinitzii (Fr.) Pat. (1900) – Europe, Asia, North America, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa
• Phaeolus subbulbipes (Henn.) O.Fidalgo & M.Fidalgo (1957)
• Phaeolus tabulaeformis (Berk.) Pat. (1900)