Amaurodon

Amaurodon is a genus of fungi in the family Thelephoraceae. Species in the genus have resupinate and corticioid (flattened, crust-like) fruit bodies that grow on rotting wood. The hymenophore may have pores, teeth, or be smooth, and is typically blue to green in color.[1]

Amaurodon
Amaurodon viridis at Terrou, France
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Thelephorales
Family:
Thelephoraceae
Genus:
Amaurodon

J.Schröt. (1888)
Type species
Amaurodon viridis
(Alb. & Schwein.) J.Schröt. (1888)
Species

See text

Species

The genus includes the following species:

  • Amaurodon aeruginascens (Hjortstam & Ryvarden) Kõljalg & K.H.Larss. 1996 – South America[2]
  • Amaurodon angulisporus Gardt & Yorou 2011 – West Africa[3]
  • Amaurodon aquicoeruleus Agerer 2001 – Western Australia[4]
  • Amaurodon atrocyaneus (Wakef.) Kõljalg & K.H.Larss. 1996 – United Kingdom; Venezuela[2]
  • Amaurodon cyaneus (Wakef.) Kõljalg & K.H.Larss. 1996 – United Kingdom[2]
  • Amaurodon hydnoides Kõljalg & Ryvarden 1997 – Venezuela[5]
  • Amaurodon mustialaensis (P.Karst.) Kõljalg & K.H.Larss. 1996 – Europe[2]
  • Amaurodon sumatranus Miettinen & Kõljalg 2007 – Indonesia[1]
  • Amaurodon viridis (Alb. & Schwein.) J.Schröt. 1888 – Europe; Australia
  • Amaurodon wakefieldiae (Burds. & M.J.Larsen) Kõljalg & K.H.Larss. 1996 – United States[2]
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References
  1. Miettinen O, Kõljalg U (2007). "Amaurodon sumatranus (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota), a new species from Indonesia". Mycotaxon. 100: 51–59.
  2. Kõljalg U. (1996). "Tomentella (Basidiomycota) and related genera in temperate Eurasia". Synopsis Fungorum. 9: 33.
  3. Gardt S, Yorou NS, Guissou M-L, Guelly AK, Agerer R (2011). "Amaurodon angulisporus (Basidiomycota, Fungi), a new species from West Africa identified by molecular and anatomical features". Nova Hedwigia. 93 (1–2): 237–247. doi:10.1127/0029-5035/2011/0093-0237.
  4. Agerer R, Bougher NL (2001). "Amaurodon aquicoeruleus (Thelephoraceae, Hymenomycetes, Basidiomycota), a new species from Australia with spores distinctly blue in water". Australian Systematic Botany. 14 (4): 599–601. doi:10.1071/SB00030.
  5. Koljalg U, Ryvarden L (1997). "A new species of Amaurodon (Basidiomycota, Aphyllophorales)". Mycotaxon. 65: 107–112.
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