Amauroderma exile (Berk.) Torrend, Brotéria Série Botânica, 1920

Gomes-Silva, Allyne C., De Lima-Júnior, Nelson C., Malosso, Elaine, Ryvarden, Leif & Gibertoni, Tatiana B., 2015, Delimitation of taxa in Amauroderma (Ganodermataceae, Polyporales) based in morphology and molecular phylogeny of Brazilian specimens, Phytotaxa 227 (3), pp. 201-228 : 211-212

Amauroderma exile (Berk.) Torrend, Brotéria Série Botânica 18: 142 (1920)

≡ Polyporus exilis Berk. , Hooker’s Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 8: 173 (1856).

Description:— Furtado (1981), Ryvarden (2004a).

Substrate: —on dead deciduous wood or on soil.

Distribution: — Brazil, Colombia, Honduras and Venezuela.

Specimens examined: — BRAZIL. Amapá: Porto Grande, Floresta Estadual do Amapá, September 2013, A.M. Soares 1097 (MG). Amazonas: Panuré, w/d, Spruce 31 ( BPI 237160 , isotype) ; Manaus, Distrito Agropecuário, ZF 3, BR 174 km 64, Estrada ZF-3, km 27, 3 km N, Fazenda Esteio , a 100 metros da Reserva n°1201, October 1985, K.F. Rodrigues 768 ( INPA 137055 ). Mato Grosso: Rondolândia, Terra Indígena Sete de Setembro-Aldeia Apoena Meirelles , May 2009, A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 40 ( URM 80744 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 176 ( URM 80992 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 203 ( URM 81010 ). Pará: Melgaço, Estação Científica Ferreira Penna , July 2006, T.B. Gibertoni w/n ( URM 79328 , URM 79329 , URM 79330, URM 79331, URM 79332, URM 79334, URM 79335, URM 79336, URM 79337, URM 79338 , URM 79340 ), March 2007, T.B. Gibertoni w/n ( URM 79333 , URM 79339 ), August 2007, T.B. Gibertoni w/n ( URM 79341 , URM 79342 , URM 79343, URM 79344, URM 79345, URM 79346 , URM 79347 ) ; Oriximinã, Picada ao castanhal, 23 km de Cach. Porteira, June 1980, V.L.R. Bononi 533 ( INPA 103546 ), Ilha do Rio Mapuera , viz. de Cach. Porteira, June 1980, V.L.R. Bononi 630 ( INPA 103608 ). Pernambuco: Pesqueira, January 1960, A.C. Batista w/n ( URM 47804 ). Rondônia, Porto Velho, Estação Ecológica de Cuniã , July 2008, A.C. Gomes-Silva w/n ( URM 79455 ), March 2012, A.C. Gomes-Silva & T.B. Gibertoni 53 ( URM 83874 ), Fazenda Mucuim, July 2007, A.C. Gomes-Silva w/n ( URM 79147 , URM 79451 ), Parque Natural Municipal de Porto Velho , June 2007, A.C. Gomes-Silva w/n ( URM 79452 , URM 79453 , URM 79454 ), February 2008, A.C. Gomes-Silva w/n ( URM 79146 , URM 79148 , URM 79150, URM 79151, URM 79152, URM 79154, URM 79155, URM 79156, URM 79159, URM 79161 , URM 79162 ), January 2009, A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 633 ( URM 81021 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 634 ( URM 81022 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 638 ( URM 81023 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 648 ( URM 81025 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 663 ( URM 81032 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 664 ( URM 81033 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 669 ( URM 81035 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 670 ( URM 81036 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 710 ( URM 81049 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 729 ( URM 81059 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 730 ( URM 81060 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 731 ( URM 81061 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 732 ( URM 81062 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 733 ( URM 81063 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 734 ( URM 81064 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 2060 ( URM 82791 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 1061 ( URM 82792 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 2009 ( URM 82793 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 1085 ( URM 82794 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 1086 ( URM 82795 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 327 ( URM 83235 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 1061 ( URM 83410 ), A.C. Gomes-Silva et al. 2056 ( URM 83411 ) .

Remarks: —This species is very similar to A. elegantissimum , but the globose basidiospores with conspicuous ornamentation are very distinctive.