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Yew duster
Paul Cook, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Mushrooms & bracket fungi

Yew duster

Amylostereum laevigatum (Fr.) Boidin

Names

EnglishYew duster
DutchJeneverbeskorstzwam
Spanish—
Chinese平滑淀粉韧革菌
Sranan Tongopopolipo (general name for the group)
Scientific nameAmylostereum laevigatum (Fr.) Boidin

About this species

Amylostereum laevigatum (yew duster) is a species of crust fungus in the family Amylostereaceae. Originally named Thelephora laevigata by Elias Fries in 1828, it was given its current name when transferred to the genus Amylostereum by French mycologist Jacques Boidin in 1958.

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Classification

KingdomFungi
PhylumBasidiomycota
ClassAgaricomycetes
OrderRussulales
FamilyEchinodontiaceae
GenusAmylostereum