# Phellorinia

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{{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.](/source/Miles_Joseph_Berkeley) (1843)
| type_species = '''''Phellorinia herculeana'''''
| type_species_authority = ([Pers.](/source/Christian_Hendrik_Persoon)) [Kreisel](/source/Hanns_Kreisel) (1961)
| synonyms_ref = <ref name="urlMycoBank: Phellorinia"/>
| synonyms = ''Xylopodium'' <small>Mont. (1845)</small><br>
''Areolaria'' <small>Kalchbr. (1883)</small><br>
''Cyphellomyces'' <small>Speg. (1906)</small>
}}

'''''Phellorinia''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [fungi](/source/fungi) in the family [Phelloriniaceae](/source/Phelloriniaceae) of the order [Agaricales](/source/Agaricales). The genus is [monotypic](/source/monotypic), and contains the single species '''''Phellorinia herculeana''''', described by English naturalist [Miles Joseph Berkeley](/source/Miles_Joseph_Berkeley) in 1843 as ''P.&nbsp;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==
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<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

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