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

  1. 1 2 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.


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