Royoporus

Royoporus spathulatus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Polyporaceae
Genus:	Royoporus A.B.De (1996)
Species:	R. spathulatus
Binomial name
Royoporus spathulatus (Jungh.) A.B.De (1996)
Synonyms
List Laschia spatulata Jungh. (1838) Favolus spatulatus (Jungh.) Lév. (1844) Hymenogramme spatulata (Jungh.) Sacc. & Cub. (1887) Aschersonia spatulata (Jungh.) Kuntze (1898) Tyromyces spatulatus (Jungh.) G. Cunn. (1965) Polyporus spatulatus (Jungh.) Corner (1984) Favolus moluccensis Mont. (1843) Polyporus moluccensis (Mont.) Ryvarden (1990)

Royoporus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Asit Baran De in 1996. The genus name honours Indian botanist Anjali Roy,^[1] (1930–2017), who worked at Visva-Bharati University in West Bengal.^[2] The genus is monotypic, being represented by the single species Royoporus spatulatus.

Former species;^[3]

• R. badius (Pers.) A.B. De (1997) = Picipes badius
• R. pseudobetulinus (Murashk. ex Pilát) A.B. De (1998) = Favolus pseudobetulinus

References

1. De AB. (1996). "Royoporus – a new genus for Favolus spathulatus". Mycotaxon. 60: 143–148.
2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
3. "Royoporus - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 5 October 2022.