Amphistereum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Auriculariales |
Family: | Auriculariaceae |
Genus: | Amphistereum Spirin & V. Malysheva (2017) |
Type species | |
Amphistereum schrenkii (Burt) Spirin & V. Malysheva (2017)
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Species | |
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Amphistereum is a genus of fungi in the family Auriculariaceae.[1] Species produce cupulate to effused, leathery basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on wood. Microscopically, fruit bodies have a dimitic hyphal system. The genus is currently only known from North and South America.[2]