Phaeolus

Phaeolus
	Phaeolus schweinitzii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Fomitopsidaceae
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);

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]

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)

Patouillard, N. (1900). Essai taxonomique sur les familles et les genres des Hyménomycètes (in French). Lons-Le-Saunier. p. 86.
Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
De Jesus, M.A.; Ryvarden, L. (2010). "Studies in neotropical polypores 28. Two new species from Amazonas, Brazil". Synopsis Fungorum. 27: 73–77.
Heim, R. (1931). "Les Phaeolus manihotis sp. nov., parasite du manioc a Madagascar et considération sur le genre Phaeolus Pat". Annales de Cryptogamie Exotique (in French). 4: 175–189.

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