Poronia Willd., Fl. berol. prodr.: 400 (1787)

Index Fungorum number: IF 4346; MycoBank number: MB 4346; Facesoffungi number: FoF 03062; 9 morphological species (Species Fungorum 2020), 3 species with sequence data.

Type species – Poronia gleditschii Willd.

Notes – Poronia has a close affinity to Podosordaria and is distinguished by a lindquistia conidial state (Rogers & Ju 1998). The sexual morph of the genus is typically stalked stromata in the form of a flattened disc (Krug & Cain 1973). The genus is accepted in Xylariaceae based on morphology and multigene phylogeny (Daranagama et al. 2018, Wendt et al. 2018).

Species

  • Poronia gleditschii