Daedaleopsis

The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Joseph Schröter in 1888. ==Description==

Daedaleopsis fungi have basidiocarps that are annual, with a cap or effused-reflexed (crust-like with the edges forming cap-like structures). Their colour is pale brown to deep red, zonate, with a mostly smooth cap surface, lamellate to tubular hymenophore, and a pale brown context. Microscopic features include a trimitic hyphal system with clamped generative hyphae, and the presence of dendrohyphidia. Daedaleopsis has hyaline, thin-walled, and slightly curved cylindrical spores that are negative in Melzer's reagent and Cotton Blue. ==Habitat and distribution==

Daedaleopsis fungi cause white rot, and are widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. ==Species==

A 2008 estimate placed six species in the genus. , Index Fungorum accepts 10 species of Daedaleopsis: • Daedaleopsis conchiformis Imazeki (1943) – Japan • Daedaleopsis confragosa (Bolton) J.Schröt. (1888) • Daedaleopsis dickinsii (Berk. ex Cooke) Bondartsev (1963) • Daedaleopsis hainanensis Hai J.Li & S.H.He (2016) – China • Daedaleopsis nipponica Imazeki (1943) – Japan • Daedaleopsis nitida (Durieu & Mont.) Zmitr. & Malysheva (2013) • Daedaleopsis papyraceoresupinata (S.Ito & S.Imai) Imazeki (1943) • Daedaleopsis pergamenea (Berk. & Broome) Ryvarden (1984) • Daedaleopsis septentrionalis (P.Karst.) Niemelä (1982) • Daedaleopsis sinensis (Lloyd) Y.C.Dai (1996) – China • Daedaleopsis tricolor (Bull.) Bondartsev & Singer (1941) ==References==