{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = | image_caption = | taxon = Gilbertsonia | authority = Parmasto (2001) | type_species = '''''Gilbertsonia angulipora''''' | type_species_authority = (M.J.Larsen & Lombard) Parmasto (2001) | synonyms_ref = | synonyms = *''Fibroporia angulopora'' <small>M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1983)<ref name="Larsen 1983"/></small> *''Oligoporus anguloporus'' <small>(M.J.Larsen & Lombard) Gilb. & Ryvarden (1985)<ref name="Gilbertson 1985"/></small> *''Postia angulopora'' <small>(M.J.Larsen & Lombard) M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1986)<ref name="Larsen 1986"/></small> }}
'''''Gilbertsonia''''' is a fungal genus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single brown rot species '''''Gilbertsonia angulipora''''', found in the United States. ''Gilbertsonia'' is characterized by a dimitic hyphal system with clamped generative and well-developed binding hyphae. The generic name honors mycologist Robert Lee Gilbertson (1925 – 2011).<ref name="Parmasto 2001"/><ref>{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}</ref>
The genus was circumscribed by Erast Parmasto in Harvard Pap. Bot. Vol.6 on page 179 in 2001.
==References== {{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="Gilbertson 1985">{{cite journal |author=Gilbertson, R.L. |author2=Ryvarden, L. |title=Some new combinations in Polyporaceae |journal=Mycotaxon |volume=22 |issue=2 |pages=363–365 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0022/002/0363.htm}}</ref>
<ref name="Larsen 1983">{{cite journal |author1=Larsen, M.J. |author2=Lombard, F.F. |title=''Fibroporia angulopora'', a new species (Aphyllophorales, Polyporaceae) associated with brown-rot of ''Pseudotsuga menziesii'' residue in Western Oregon |journal=Mycologia |year=1983 |volume=75 |issue=4 |pages=623–627 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0075/004/0623.htm |doi=10.2307/3792991|jstor=3792991 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>
<ref name="Larsen 1986">{{cite journal |author=Larsen, M.J. |author2=Lombard, F.F. |title=New combinations in the genus ''Postia'' Fr. (Polyporaceae) |journal=Mycotaxon |year=1986 |volume=26 |pages=271–273 |url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0026/0271.htm}}</ref>
<ref name="Parmasto 2001">{{cite journal |author=Parmasto, E. |year=2001 |title=''Gilbertsonia'', a new genus of polypores (Hymenomycetes, Basidiomycota) |journal=Harvard Papers in Botany |volume=6 |issue=1 |pages=179–182 |jstor=41761640}}</ref>
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Category:Fomitopsidaceae Category:Fungi of the United States Category:Monotypic Polyporales genera Category:Taxa described in 2001
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