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Amylostereum
Sign in to saveAmylostereum is the single genus in the fungal family Amylostereaceae. The genus currently comprises four saprotrophic and parasitic species, which live off living or dead wood. The Amylostereaceae cause white rot in the wood by disintegrating the tissue component lignin. They produce crust-like, partially wavy fruit bodies on the surface of infested trees, which are similar to those produced by Stereum species.
Species
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GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderRussulales
- FamilyEchinodontiaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 12
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Echinodontiaceae
- Collections
- INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), DBG, ILLS, NY, UFSC, IPA/SP
- Recorded in
- Brasil, United States, Sweden, Senegal
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Amylostereaceae
- Image
- 2007-03-11 Amylostereum laevigatum.jpg
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- taxon author citation
- Boidin
- Commons category
- Amylostereum
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Amylostereum
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy and history of research
- Classification
- Description
- Macroscopic
- Microscopic
- Distribution
- Ecology
- Host spectrum
- Symptoms of infestation
- Ecological and economical importance
- References
- External links
Amylostereum is the single genus in the fungal family Amylostereaceae. The genus currently comprises four saprotrophic and parasitic species, which live off living or dead wood. The Amylostereaceae cause white rot in the wood by disintegrating the tissue component lignin. They produce crust-like, partially wavy fruit bodies on the surface of infested trees, which are similar to those produced by Stereum species.
There are four described species in the Amylostereaceae: A. chailletii (the type), A. areolatum, A. ferreum and A. laevigatum. The species were initially considered part of Stereum until mycologist Jacques Boidin found atypical microscopic differences between them. Forty years after his extensive researches from 1958, Boidin reclassified Amylostereum into its own family.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Amylostereum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.