| Polypus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Russulales |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: |
Polypus Audet (2010) |
| Type species | |
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Polypus dispansus (Lloyd) Audet (2010) |
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| Synonyms | |
Polypus is a fungal genus of uncertain familial placement in the order Russulales. A monotypic genus, it contains the single species Polypus dispansus, originally described by Curtis Gates Lloyd in 1912 as a species of Polyporus.Polypus was circumscribed by Serge Audet in 2010.