Polypore diversity in North America with an annotated checklist
2016
Zhou, Li-Wei | Nakasone, K. K. | Burdsall, Harold H., Jr | Ginns, James | Vlasák, Josef | Miettinen, Otto | Spirin, Vi︠a︡cheslav | Niemelä, Tuomo | Yuan, Hai-Sheng | He, Shuang-Hui | Cui, Bao-Kai | Xing, Jia-Hui | Dai, Yu-Cheng
Profound changes to the taxonomy and classification of polypores have occurred since the advent of molecular phylogenetics in the 1990s. The last major monograph of North American polypores was published by Gilbertson and Ryvarden in 1986–1987. In the intervening 30 years, new species, new combinations, and new records of polypores were reported from North America. As a result, an updated checklist of North American polypores is needed to reflect the polypore diversity in there. We recognize 492 species of polypores from 146 genera in North America. Of these, 232 species are unchanged from Gilbertson and Ryvarden’s monograph, and 175 species required name or authority changes. In addition, 40 new species and 45 new records published since that monograph are included in the checklist. Among the 492 species of polypores, 486 species from 143 genera belong to 11 orders, while six other species from three genera have uncertain taxonomic position at the order level. Three orders, viz. Polyporales, Hymenochaetales and Russulales, accommodate most of polypore species (93.7 %) and genera (88.8 %). We hope that this updated checklist will inspire future studies in the polypore mycota of North America and contribute to the diversity and systematics of polypores worldwide.
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