Phellorinia

{{Short description|Genus of fungi}} {{use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Automatic_taxobox | image = Phellorinia herculeana1.jpg | image_caption = ''Phellorinia herculeana'' | taxon = Phellorinia | authority = Berk. (1843) | type_species = '''''Phellorinia herculeana''''' | type_species_authority = (Pers.) Kreisel (1961) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="urlMycoBank: Phellorinia"/> | synonyms = ''Xylopodium'' Mont. (1845) ''Areolaria'' Kalchbr. (1883) ''Cyphellomyces'' Speg. (1906) }}

'''''Phellorinia''''' is a genus of fungi in the family Phelloriniaceae of the order Agaricales. The genus is monotypic, and contains the single species '''''Phellorinia herculeana''''', described by English naturalist Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1843 as ''P. inquinans.''<ref>{{cite journal |author=Berkeley MJ. |year=1843 |title=Enumeration of fungi, collected by Herr Zeyher in Uitenhage |journal=London Journal of Botany |volume=2 |pages=507–527|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/783803}}</ref> This single species has currently (February 2021) 24 synonyms, and takes its epithet from the basionym ''Scleroderma herculeanum'' Pers.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Species Fungorum - Species synonymy: ''Phellorinia herculeana'' (Pers.) Kreisel.|url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/SynSpecies.asp?RecordID=336277|access-date=2021-02-20|website=www.speciesfungorum.org}}</ref>

The spores were used for body decoration by Australian Aboriginal groups in desert areas.<ref name=anbg>{{cite web|url=https://www.anbg.gov.au/fungi/aboriginal.html|access-date=2021-02-20|title=ANBG Australian Fungi: Aboriginal use of fungi}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist|refs=

<ref name="urlMycoBank: Phellorinia">{{cite web |url=http://www.mycobank.org/MycoTaxo.aspx?Link=T&Rec=19256 |title=''Phellorinia'' Berk. 1843 |publisher=International Mycological Association |work=MycoBank |access-date=2010-04-04}}</ref>

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Category:Agaricales Category:Monotypic Agaricales genera