Spongipellis

Spongipellis is a genus of fungus in the family Polyporaceae. The genus is widely distributed^[1] and contains ten species.^[2] The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1887.^[3] The genus name combines the Latin words spongia ("sponge") and pellis ("skin").^[4]

Spongipellis
Spongipellis unicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Spongipellis Pat. (1874)
Type species
Spongipellis spumeus (Sowerby) Pat. (1887)

Species

As of June 2017^[update], Index Fungorum accepts ten species of Spongipellis:^[2]

• S. africana Ipulet & Ryvarden (2005) – Uganda^[5]
• S. caseosus (Pat.) Ryvarden (1983)
• S. chubutensis J.E.Wright & J.R.Deschamps (1972)^[6]
• S. delectans (Peck) Murrill (1907)
• S. hypococcineus (Berk.) Pat. (1900)
• S. labyrinthicus (Fr.) Pat. (1900)
• S. litschaueri Lohwag (1931) – Czech Republic
• S. malicola (Lloyd) Ginns (1984)
• S. subcretaceus (Lloyd) Decock, P.K.Buchanan & Ryvarden (2000)
• S. unicolor (Fr.) Murrill (1907)
• S. pachyodon