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Polyporales

Agaricomycetes - Polyporales

Taxonomy
Polyporales was named by Gaum (1926). It is extant.

It was assigned to Agaricomycetes by Wijayawardene et al. (2022).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Polyporales Gaum
2022Polyporales Wijayawardene et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomFungiJahn and Jahn 1959
subkingdomDikaryaHibbett et al. 2007
phylumBasidiomycotaWhittaker 1980
subphylumAgaricomycotina
RankNameAuthor
classAgaricomycetesDoweld 2001
orderPolyporalesGaum 1926
orderPolyporalesGaum 1926

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Or. Polyporales Gaum 1926
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Fm. Ganodermataceae Donk 1948
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G. †Ganodermites Fleischmann et al. 2007
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Ganodermites libycus Fleischmann et al. 2007
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G. †Dactyloporus Herzer 1893
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Dactyloporus archaeus Herzer 1893
G. †Polyporites Lindley and Hutton 1833
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Polyporites bowmanni Lindley and Hutton 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Villafranchian or 20.45000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.98 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333India (Kerala) Polyporites sp. (224891)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Libya Ganodermites libycus (236033)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Slovakia Polyporales indet. (41025)