Amauroderma floriformum is a polypore fungus in the family Ganodermataceae. It was described as a new species in 2015 by mycologists Allyne Christina Gomes-Silva, Leif Ryvarden, and Tatiana Gibertoni. The specific epithet floriformum (from the Latin words flos = flower and forma = shape) refers to the flower-shaped fruit body. A. floriformum is found in the state of Pará, in the Brazilian Amazon.[1]
Amauroderma floriformum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Polyporales |
Family: | Ganodermataceae |
Genus: | Amauroderma |
Species: | A. floriformum
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Binomial name | |
Amauroderma floriformum A.C.Gomes-Silva, Ryvarden & T.B.Gibertoni (2015)
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References
edit- ^ 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): 201. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.227.3.1.