Humphreya

Humphreya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Ganodermataceae
Genus:	Humphreya; Steyaert (1972)
Type species
	Humphreya lloydii; (Pat. & Har.) Steyaert (1972)
Species
	H. coffeata; H. eminii; H. endertii; H. lloydii

Humphreya is a genus of four species of polypore fungi in the family Ganodermataceae. The genus was circumscribed by Belgian mycologist René Léopold Steyaert in 1972. He proposed Humphreya as a genus segregate from Ganoderma, typified by Ganoderma lloydi Pat. & Har., and included Ganoderma coffeatum and the newly described Humphreya endertii.^[1] H. eminii was transferred to the genus (from Ganoderma) by Leif Ryvarden in 1980.^[2]

Humphreya differs from Ganoderma by the velvety cap and stipe surfaces of its fruit bodies. Microscopically, the spores of Humphreya feature a crested endosporium (the innermost layer of the spore wall). The generic name Humphreya honours Clarence John Humphrey (1882–1970), a scientist and mycologist specializing in wood-decay fungi.^[1]

Species

Humphreya coffeata (Berk.) Steyaert (1972)
Humphreya eminii (Henn.) Ryvarden (1980)
Humphreya endertii Steyaert (1972)
Humphreya lloydii (Pat. & Har.) Steyaert (1972)

References

^ ^a ^b Steyaert, R.L. (1972). "Species of Ganoderma and related genera mainly of the Bogor and Leiden Herbaria". Persoonia. 7 (1): 55–118 (see p. 98).
^ Ryvarden, Leif; Johansen, Inger (1980). A Preliminary Polypore Flora of East Africa. Oslo: Fungiflora. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-945345-14-5.

External links

Humphreya in Index Fungorum

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[Steyaert_1972-1] Steyaert, R.L. (1972). "Species of Ganoderma and related genera mainly of the Bogor and Leiden Herbaria". Persoonia. 7 (1): 55–118 (see p. 98).

[Ryvarden_1980-2] Ryvarden, Leif; Johansen, Inger (1980). A Preliminary Polypore Flora of East Africa. Oslo: Fungiflora. p. 95. ISBN 978-0-945345-14-5.

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