Ceriporia amazonica

Ceriporia amazonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Irpicaceae
Genus:	Ceriporia
Species:	C. amazonica
Binomial name
	Ceriporia amazonica; A.M.S.Soares, H.M.P.Sotão & Ryvarden (2014)

Ceriporia amazonica is a species of crust fungus in the family Irpicaceae. Found in Brazil, it was described as new to science in 2014. The fungus is characterized by its salmon-coloured pore surface with angular pores numbering 1–3 per millimetre, and small ellipsoid spores (measuring 2–3 μm) that are among the smallest in genus Ceriporia. The type locality is Amapá National Forest, in the Brazilian Amazon, for which the species is named.^[1]

References[]

^ Soares, A.M.S.; Sotão, H.M.P.; Ryvarden, L.; Gibertoni, T.B. (2014). "Ceriporia amazonica (Phanerochaetaceae, Basidiomycota), a new species from the Brazilian Amazonia and C. albobrunea Ryvarden & Iturriaga new to Brazil". Phytotaxa. 175: 176–180. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.175.3.9.

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[Soares_2014-1] Soares, A.M.S.; Sotão, H.M.P.; Ryvarden, L.; Gibertoni, T.B. (2014). "Ceriporia amazonica (Phanerochaetaceae, Basidiomycota), a new species from the Brazilian Amazonia and C. albobrunea Ryvarden & Iturriaga new to Brazil". Phytotaxa. 175: 176–180. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.175.3.9.

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