Fungi named in 2017

Handkea utriformis, synonymous with Lycoperdon utriforme, Lycoperdon caelatum or Calvatia utriformis, is a species of puffball in the family Lycoperdaceae. A rather large mushroom, it may reach dimensions of up to 25 cm (10 in) broad by 20 cm (8 in) tall. It is commonly known as the mosaic puffball, referencing the polygonal segments on the outer surface of the fruiting body as it matures. Widespread in northern temperate zones, the species is found frequently on pastures and sandy heaths. It is edible when young, has antibiotic activity against a number of bacteria, and can bioaccumulate the

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Leccinellum pseudoscabrum is an edible species of fungus in the bolete family.

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Isaria fumosorosea is an entomopathogenic fungus, formerly known as Paecilomyces fumosoroseus. It shows promise as a biological pesticide with an extensive host range.

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Pseudomicrostroma juglandis is a plant pathogen.

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The Gelatoporiaceae are a small family of crust fungi in the order Polyporales. The family was circumscribed in 2017 by mycologists Otto Miettinen, Alfredo Justo and David Hibbett to contain the type genus Gelatoporia and three other related genera, Cinereomyces, Obba, and Sebipora.

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Lepra erythrella is a species of Corticolous lichen in the family Pertusariaceae. Found in Australia, New Zealand and the Galapagos Islands, it was formally described as Pertusaria erythrella in 1893 by Johannes Müller Argoviensis.

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Desarmillaria is a genus of fungi belonging to the family Physalacriaceae. The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution. Species: Desarmillaria ectypa (Fr.) R.A.Koch & Aime Desarmillaria tabescens (Scop.) R.A.Koch & Aime Desarmillaria caespitosa

Apioperdon pyriforme, commonly known as the pear-shaped puffball or stump puffball, is a species of fungus. It is often called Lycoperdon pyriforme, but was transferred to Apioperdon in 2017. It is the only species in the genus. It is a saprobic fungus present throughout much of the world, growing on decaying wood. It is considered a choice edible when still immature and the inner flesh is white.

Xenospadicoidaceae is a family of fungus first described in 2017. Its parent taxon, Xenospadicoidales, is a monotypic order in the class Sordariomycetes.

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Tomnashia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has four species of saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens that occur in southwestern North America.

Savoryellomycetidae is a subclass of sac fungi within the class of Sordariomycetes. It contains 4 known orders of Conioscyphales, Fuscosporellales, Pleurotheciales and Savoryellales.

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Rubroboletus eastwoodiae, sometimes (but inaccurately) called satan's bolete, is a possibly toxic basidiomycete fungus of the bolete family. The cap is 6–25 centimetres (2+1⁄2–10 in) wide, convex, olive-colored, pinkish in age, dry, has margin that curves inward then expands, and yellowish flesh. The stalk is 7–15 cm (3–6 in) tall and 3–6 cm (1+1⁄4–2+1⁄4 in) wide. The flesh turns blue when cut. The spores are olive-brown, elliptical, and smooth. The spore print is olive brown. It is closely related to Rubroboletus pulcherrimus. It looks similar to but is genetically distinct from the European

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Oxneriaria is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Megasporaceae. It has nine species, all of which are saxicolous (rock-dwelling), crustose lichens. Oxneriaria is morphologically similar to Aspicilia, but differs from this genus in its mostly radiating thallus with either a wrinkled or lobate zone around the margins, in its generally smaller ascospores, and in the presence of the lichen product substictic acid. Species in the genus have a polar and arctic–alpine distribution.

Opeltia is a genus of lichen-forming fungi in the family Teloschistaceae. It has four species of corticolous (bark-dwelling), crustose lichens.

Neoantrodia serialiformis is a species of polypore fungus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. The fungus is resupinate, consisting of a fertile spore-bearing pore surface lying flat on the underside of decaying wood, although one or more fan-shaped overlapping caps may also be formed. Although quite common in the eastern United States, it was not recognized as a distinct species until 2009, owing to its resemblance to the closely related Neoantrodia serialis. Differences in ecology, spore size, and DNA sequences distinguish the two lookalikes.

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