Polypore
Guides
Astichus
Astichus is a genus of small parasitoid wasps in the family Eulophidae, subfamily Entiinae. Species are associated with bracket fungi and woody polypores, where they develop as endoparasitoids of Ciidae beetles (minute tree-fungus beetles). The genus was first described by Förster in 1856 and has been recorded from the Nearctic, Palearctic, and Afrotropical regions. South African species exhibit distinctive coloration and patterning that separates them from congeners in other regions.
Euparius marmoreus
Marbled Fungus Weevil
Euparius marmoreus is a fungus weevil in the family Anthribidae, commonly known as the Marbled Fungus Weevil. It is found in North America, with records from Canada and the United States. The species is associated with polypore fungi, which serve as its food source. It has been documented feeding on fungi in the genera Trametes and Megasporoporia.
Microporus
Microporus is a genus of polypore fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains approximately 11 species. Members of this genus produce bracket-like fruiting bodies with poroid undersurfaces. The genus was established by Palisot de Beauvois in 1805.
Phylloporia
Genus of polypore fungi in family Hymenochaetaceae, order Hymenochaetales. Species produce annual to perennial basidiomata with resupinate to pileate-stipitate growth forms and characteristic duplex context. Hyphal system monomitic to dimitic. Basidiospores globose to cylindrical, thick-walled, yellowish to pale brown in KOH. Approximately 72 species described worldwide, predominantly distributed in tropical regions.