Amauroderma floriformum

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
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Ganodermataceae
Genus: Amauroderma
Species:
A. floriformum
Binomial name
Amauroderma floriformum
A.C.Gomes-Silva, Ryvarden & T.B.Gibertoni (2015)

References

  1. 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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