Cymatoderma caperatum (Berk. & Mont.) D.A.Reid is a fungus in the Panaceae family, order Polyporales, kingdom Fungi. Not known to be toxic.

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Cymatoderma caperatum (Berk. & Mont.) D.A.Reid

Cymatoderma caperatum (Berk. & Mont.) D.A.Reid

Cymatoderma caperatum is a fungus species in Meruliaceae, first described 1849 and moved to its current genus in 1956.

Family
Genus
Cymatoderma
Order
Polyporales
Class
Agaricomycetes

About Cymatoderma caperatum (Berk. & Mont.) D.A.Reid

Cymatoderma caperatum is a species of fungus that belongs to the family Meruliaceae. It was first formally described in 1849 by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Camille Montagne, who classified it as a member of the genus Thelephora. In 1956, Derek Reid reclassified the species, transferring it to the genus Cymatoderma.

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Taxonomy

Fungi Basidiomycota Agaricomycetes Polyporales Panaceae Cymatoderma

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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