Amphistereum
| Amphistereum | |
|---|---|
| Amphistereum schrenkii | |
| 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) | |
| Species | |
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Amphistereum is a genus of fungi in the family Auriculariaceae. 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.