Luteoporia albomarginata gen. et sp. nov. (Meruliaceae, Basidiomycota) from tropical China

Luteoporia is proposed as a new genus in Polyporales based on morphological characters and molecular data. The genus is typified by L. albomarginata sp. nov. which is characterized by an annual growth habit, resupinate basidiocarps with yellow pores, a monomitic hyphal system with clamp connections, tramal hyphae with swollen tips projecting out of hymenium, and hyaline, thin-walled, oblong-ellipsoid basidiospores. Phylogeny of L. albomarginata and its related species was inferred from ITS and nLSU rDNA sequences, and the genus belongs to the Meruliaceae.