Daedalea

Daedalea
	Daedalea quercina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Fomitopsidaceae
Genus:	Daedalea; Pers. (1801)
Type species
	Daedalea quercina; (L.) Pers. (1801)
Synonyms
	Striglia Adans. (1763); Xylostroma Tode (1790); Agarico-suber Paulet (1793); Spelaeomyces Fresen. (1863); Agaricus Murrill (1905); Phaeodaedalea M.Fidalgo (1962);

Daedalea is a genus of fungi in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The genus was circumscribed in 1801 by mycologist Christian Hendrik Persoon, based on the type D. quercina and four other species. The generic name is derived from the Ancient Greek δαιδαλεος ("curiously wrought").

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