Tomophagus
Single-species genus of fungi
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Tomophagus[1] is a Basidiomycete bracket-fungus genus in the family Ganodermataceae. The type species Tomophagus colossus, from the tropical Americas and Africa, has now been placed in the genus Ganoderma.
| Tomophagus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Subclass: | incertae sedis |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Ganodermataceae |
| Genus: | Tomophagus Murrill, 1905 |
| Species: | T. cattienensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Tomophagus cattienensis Le & Moncalvo, 2012 | |
According to the Index Fungorum the remaining (monotypic) species is Tomophagus cattienensis.[2][3] The holotype of this was collected on tropical hardwood in Cát Tiên National Park, Vietnam, after-which it was named by its finders Ngoc Duong Pham and Le Xuan Tham; its placement was based on morphological evidence and ITS DNA barcoding.
