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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Auriculariales |
| Family: | Auriculariaceae |
| Genus: | Amphistereum Spirin & V. Malysheva (2017) |
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| Amphistereum schrenkii (Burt) Spirin & V. Malysheva (2017)
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Taxonomy
editThe genus was created as a result of molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, which showed that two species previously referred to the genus Eichleriella formed a related, but distinct grouping.[2]
References
edit- ^ Hyde KD, et al. (2020). "Fungal diversity notes 1151–1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa". Fungal Diversity. 100: 5–277. doi:10.1007/s13225-020-00439-5. hdl:1854/LU-8706299.
- ^ a b Malysheva V, Spirin V (2017). "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Auriculariales (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) with stereoid basidiocarps". Fungal Biology. 121 (8): 689–715. Bibcode:2017FunB..121..689M. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2017.05.001. hdl:10138/234769. PMID 28705397.