Belongs within: Meruliaceae.
Phlebia is a genus of corticioid (crust-like) fungi with basidia forming a dense palisade on the hymenium, and associated with a white rot (Binder et al. 2005).
Phlebia Fr. 1821 (see below for synonymy)KC01
| i. s.: P. chrysocreasBH05
| P. giganteaKC01
| P. lividaBH05
| P. lividinaJM17
| P. merismoidesB14
| P. queletiiBH05
| P. subserialisBH05
|--P. setulosaJM17
|--P. tremellosaBH05
`--+--+--P. lindtneriJM17
| `--P. rufaBH05
`--+--P. floridensisJM17
`--+--*P. radiataJM17
`--+--P. acerinaJM17
`--P. rufaBH05
Phlebia Fr. 1821 [incl. Caloporia Karst. 1893, Caloporus Karst. 1881, Hyponevris Paulet 1808, Jacksonomyces Jülich 1979, Ricnophora Pers. 1825, Trabecularia Bonord. 1857]KC01
*Type species of generic name indicated
References
[BH05] Binder, M., D. S. Hibbett, K.-H. Larsson, E. Larsson, E. Langer & G. Langer. 2005. The phylogenetic distribution of resupinate forms across the major clades of mushroom-forming fungi (Homobasidiomycetes). Systematics and Biodiversity 3 (2): 113–157.
[B14] Bouchard, P. (ed.) 2014. The Book of Beetles: A lifesize guide to six hundred of nature’s gems. Ivy Press: Lewes (United Kingdom).
[JM17] Justo, A., O. Miettinen, D. Floudas, B. Ortiz-Santana, E. Sjökvist, D. Lindner, K. Nakasone, T. Niemelä, K.-H. Larsson, L. Ryvarden & D. S. Hibbett. 2017. A revised family-level classification of the Polyporales (Basidiomycota). Fungal Biology 121: 798–824.
[KC01] Kirk, P. M., P. F. Cannon, J. C. David & J. A. Stalpers. 2001. Ainsworth & Bisby’s Dictionary of the Fungi 9th ed. CAB International: Wallingford (UK).