Daedaleopsis
| Daedaleopsis | |
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| Daedaleopsis confragosa | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Polyporaceae |
| Genus: |
Daedaleopsis (Bolton) J.Schröt. (1888) |
| Type species | |
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Daedaleopsis confragosa (Bolton) J.Schröt. (1888) |
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Daedaleopsis is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The name Daedaleopsis is a reference to Daedalus, the labyrinth-maker of myth. Similarly, the maze-like pattern of pores is taxonomically described as being daedaloid.
DNA was recovered and sequenced from fragments of a nearly 7000-year-old fruit body of D. tricolor found in an early Neolithic village in Rome.
A 2008 estimate placed six species in the genus. As of October 2016[update], Index Fungorum accepts 10 species of Daedaleopsis:
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