Loweporus is a genus of fungi in the family Polyporaceae. The genus was circumscribed by Argentinian mycologist Jorge Eduardo Wright in 1976.[1] The genus is named in honour of American mycologist and polypore specialist Josiah Lincoln Lowe.[2]

Loweporus
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Loweporus

J.E.Wright (1976)
Type species
Loweporus lividus
(Kalchbr. ex Cooke) J.E.Wright (1976)

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References

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  1. ^ Wright, J.E. (1976). "Loweporus, a new genus of pore fungi". Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden. 28 (1): 225–231.
  2. ^ Ginns, J.; Worrall, J. (2003). "Josiah Lincoln Lowe, 1905–1997". Mycologia. 95 (2): 374–378. doi:10.1080/15572536.2004.11833124. JSTOR 3762050. S2CID 87524545.