Hexagonia

Hexagonia is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in tropical regions.^[1] The generic name is derived from the Latin word hexagonus, meaning "with six angles".^[2]

Species

As of October 2016, Index Fungorum accepts 41 species in Hexagonia:^[3]

• Hexagonia amplexens Pat. (1902)
• Hexagonia angulata Lloyd (1920)
• Hexagonia annamitica Pat. (1927)
• Hexagonia applanata (Bres.) Lloyd (1920)
• Hexagonia assaortina Sacc. & Bacc. (1917)
• Hexagonia bartlettii Massee (1908)
• Hexagonia bicolor McAlpine (1904)
• Hexagonia bivalvis (Pers.) Bres. (1913)
• Hexagonia burchellii Lloyd (1910)
• Hexagonia caliginosa Lloyd (1922)
• Hexagonia caperata (Pat.) Murrill (1904)
• Hexagonia casuarinae Pat. (1901)
• Hexagonia cucullata (Mont.) Murrill (1904) – Cameroon
• Hexagonia culmicola Niemelä & Kotir. (2015)^[4]
• Hexagonia cuprea Bres. (1911)
• Hexagonia dermatiphora Lloyd (1911)
• Hexagonia fioriana Sacc. (1910)
• Hexagonia fuscoglabra Lloyd (1922)
• Hexagonia heteropora (Mont.) Imazeki (1943)
• Hexagonia hydnoides (Sw.) M. Fidalgo (1968)
• Hexagonia leprosa Fr. (1851) – Pernambuco
• Hexagonia mirabilis Lloyd (1910)
• Hexagonia olivacea Lloyd (1914)
• Hexagonia phaeopora Pat. (1907)
• Hexagonia pobeguinii Har. (1892) – Africa
• Hexagonia purpurascens (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Murrill (1904)
• Hexagonia retropicta (Bres.) Lloyd (1922)
• Hexagonia reyesii Pat. (1914)
• Hexagonia rhodopora Pat. (1912)
• Hexagonia seuratii Pat. (1906)
• Hexagonia similis Berk. (1846) – New South Wales
• Hexagonia tenuiformis Murrill (1912)
• Hexagonia tenuis (Hook.) Fr. (1838) – Africa; Asia; South America
• Hexagonia umbrinella Fr. (1845)
• Hexagonia umbrosa Lloyd (1920)
• Hexagonia velutina Pat. & Har. (1893)
• Hexagonia vesparia (Berk.) Ryvarden (1972) – Australia
• Hexagonia warburgiana (Henn.) Teixeira (1992)
• Hexagonia wightii (Klotzsch) Fr. (1838)
• Hexagonia zambeziana Torrend (1914)

References

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