Amauroderma calcigenum

Amauroderma calcigenum is a polypore fungus in the family Ganodermataceae. It was first described as a species of Polyporus by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1843.[1] Camille Torrend transferred it to genus Amauroderma in 1920.[2] A. calcigenum is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.[3]

Amauroderma calcigenum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Ganodermataceae
Genus:
Amauroderma
Species:
A. calcigenum
Binomial name
Amauroderma calcigenum
(Berk.) Torrend (1920)
Synonyms
  • Polyporus calcigenus Berk. (1843)

References
  1. Berkeley, M.J. (1843). "Notices of some Brazilian fungi". London Journal of Botany. 2: 629–643.
  2. Torrend, C. (1920). "Les Polyporacées du Brésil. I. Polyporacées stipités". Brotéria, Série Botânica (in French). 18: 121–143.
  3. Gomes-Silva, Allyne Christina; Lima-Júnior, Nelson; Malosso, Elaine; Ryvarden, Leif; Gibertoni, Tatiana (2015). "Delimitation of taxa in Amauroderma (Ganodermataceae, Polyporales) based in morphology and molecular phylogeny of Brazilian specimens". Phytotaxa. 227 (3). doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.227.3.1.


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