Pachykytospora

Pachykytospora
Pachykytospora tuberculosa, Austria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Pachykytospora Kotl. & Pouzar (1963)
Type species
Pachykytospora tuberculosa (Fr.) Kotl. & Pouzar (1963)
Species
P. alabamae P. papyracea P. tuberculosa P. wasseri
Synonyms
Haploporus sect. Pachykytospora (Kotl. & Pouzar) Piątek (2005)[1]

Pachykytospora is a small genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae. Species in the cosmopolitan genus cause white rot. There are about 10 species in the genus, with newest member described from European Russia in 2007. Pachykytospora species have fruit bodies that are resupinate (growing flat on the substrate surface), with light brown tubes. They are characterized by their uneven, ellipsoid spores, and the Polyporus-like skeletal-binding hyphae.