Thelephoraceae
Amaurodon caeruleocaseus Svantesson & T.W.May , legitimate, scientific
Svantesson, S., Syme, K., Douch, J.K., Robinson, R.M. & May, T.W. (22 December 2021), “The Mouldy Marshmallow” Amaurodon caeruleocaseus (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota) – the first stipitate species in the genus Amaurodon. Sydowia 74: 185, fig. 2 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Typification. – AUSTRALIA. WESTERN AUSTRALIA: Darling, Denmark, Loc 3298 off Railway Reserve Road W of Mt McLeod Road, under sword sedge (Lepidosperma sp.), at the base of karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor), 1 Jul 2003, K. Syme 1280/03 (holotype MEL 2231735!; isotype: PERTH)."
  • Text: identifier: MB 835801
  • Text: DNA sequence: from holotype: GenBank: KP311452 (ITS).
  • Etymology: "caeruleocaseus (Latin) is a noun in apposition derived from caeruleus = blue and caseus = cheese, which refers to the macroscopic similarity of the basidiomata to blue cheese in colour and texture."
AusFungi (2023), AusFungi: - AFL [secondary reference]