Amauroderma calcigenum

Amauroderma calcigenum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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)

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]

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.