Ungulidaedalea

Ungulidaedalea is a fungal genus in the family Fomitopsidaceae.^[2] The genus was circumscribed by Chinese mycologists in 2016 to contain the single species Ungulidaedalea fragilis,^[1] a fungus that was described as new in 2014 with the name Fomitopsis fragilis. The holotype of this fungus was collected in Jianfengling Nature Reserve, in Ledong County (Hainan).^[3] The generic name Ungulidaedalea refers to the resemblance between this species and Daedalea, and also to the hoof-shaped (ungulate) form of the fruit body.^[1] Ungulidaedalea fragilis has rather fragile fruit bodies with a dark brown crust and large angular pores (numbering 1–2 per millimetre) on the cap underside. Microscopic characteristics include its densely septated skeletal hyphae, and oblong-ellipsoid spores that measure 4–5.2 by 2.2–2.8 μm.^[3]

Ungulidaedalea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Fomitopsidaceae
Genus:	Ungulidaedalea B.K.Cui, M.L.Han & Y.C.Dai (2016)
Type species
Ungulidaedalea fragilis (B.K.Cui & M.L.Han) B.K.Cui, M.L.Han & Y.C.Dai (2016)
Synonyms[1]
Fomitopsis fragilis B.K.Cui & M.L.Han (2014)