Polystictus

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Polystictus An obsolete genus of fungi; species formerly included in this genus have now been transferred to other genera. (P. versicolor is now Coriolus versicolor; P. perennis is now Coltricia perennis). The name is still used occasionally as a form genus for any fungus that forms annual, leathery, bracket-shaped fruit bodies.

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