Lenzites

Lenzites is a widespread genus of wood-decay fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1835. The generic name honours German naturalist Harald Othmar Lenz (1798–1870).

Species

A 2008 estimate placed 6 species in Lenzites. , Index Fungorum accepts 26 species:

• Lenzites alba <small>Beeli (1929)</small>
• Lenzites alborepanda <small>Lloyd (1923)</small>
• Lenzites aurea <small>Velen. (1930)</small>
• Lenzites betulina <small>(L.) Fr. (1838)</small>
• Lenzites britzelmayrii <small>Killerm. (1925)</small>
• Lenzites cinnabarina <small>Imbach (1946)</small>
• Lenzites earlei <small>Murrill (1908)</small>
• Lenzites ferruginea <small>(F.C.Harrison) Sacc. & Trotter (1912)</small>
• Lenzites flabelliformis <small>L.M.Dufour (1913)</small>
• Lenzites glabra <small>Lloyd (1919)</small>
• Lenzites glabrescens <small>(Berk.) G.Cunn. (1950)</small>
• Lenzites kusanoi <small>(Murrill) Teng (1964)</small>
• Lenzites leveillei <small>Pat. (1900)</small>
• Lenzites lutescens <small>Syd. & P.Syd. (1900)</small>
• Lenzites muelleri <small>(Berk. ex Cooke) Lloyd (1919)</small>
• Lenzites nummularia <small>Lohwag (1937)</small>
• Lenzites pergamenea <small>Pat. (1914)</small>
• Lenzites shichiana <small>(Teng & L.Ling) Teng (1964)</small>
• Lenzites spegazzinii <small>Bres. (1926)</small>
• Lenzites stereoides <small>(Fr.) Ryvarden (1972)</small>
• Lenzites styracina <small>(Henn. & Shirai) Lloyd (1919)</small>
• Lenzites thermophila <small>O.Falck (1909)</small>
• Lenzites trabeiformis <small>(Murrill) Murrill (1912)</small>
• Lenzites undulata <small>(Hoffm.) Sacc. & Traverso (1912)</small>
• Lenzites yoshinagae <small>Lloyd (1922)</small>

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