Humphreya

Genus of fungi

Humphreya

Scientific classification
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Fungi

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Basidiomycota

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Agaricomycetes

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Polyporales

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Ganodermataceae

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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

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

## References

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1. ^ 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).
2. ^ Ryvarden, Leif; Johansen, Inger (1980). A Preliminary Polypore Flora of East Africa. Oslo: Fungiflora. p. 95\. ISBN 978-0-945345-14-5.

## External links

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* Humphreya in Index Fungorum

Taxon identifiers

Humphreya|

* Wikidata: Q5941719
* CoL: 4Z98
* EoL: 21969
* GBIF: 2549889
* iNaturalist: 351114
* IndexFungorum: 17778
* IRMNG: 1063045
* MycoBank: 17778
* NCBI: 2064962
* Open Tree of Life: 3803606
* SpeciesFungorum: 17778

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