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Ganoderma colossus

Ganoderma colossus is a Basidiomycete bracket-fungus species in the family Ganodermataceae, previously placed in the genus Tomophagus. Records are from central and southern America and equatorial Africa ; no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.

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Ganoderma colossus
Tomophagus colossus fruiting on the cycad Macrozamia moorei in Florida
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Ganodermataceae
Genus: Ganoderma
Species:
G. colossus
Binomial name
Ganoderma colossus
(Fr.) CF Baker, 1918
Synonyms

Tomophagus colossus (Fr.) Murrill 19051
Dendrophagus colossus (Fr.) Murrill 19052
Polyporus hollandii Massee 19013
Polyporus colossus Fr. 18514

Ganoderma colossus56 is a Basidiomycete bracket-fungus species in the family Ganodermataceae, previously placed in the genus Tomophagus. Records are from central and southern America and equatorial Africa (see GBIF); no subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.6

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References

  1. Murrill WA (1905). Tomophagus for Dendrophagus. Torreya 5: 197
  2. Murrill WA (1905) In: Bull. Torrey bot. Club 32(9):473
  3. Massee (1901) In: Bull. Misc. Inf., Kew: 163
  4. Fries EM (1851) In: Nov. Symb. Myc.: 56
  5. Baker CF (1918) In: Brotéria: 425
  6. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2011). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
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