Cymatoderma caperatum

Cymatoderma caperatum is a fungus species in the family Meruliaceae. It was originally described in 1849 as a species of Thelephora by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Camille Montagne.^[5] Derek Reid transferred it to Cymatoderma in 1956.^[6]

Cymatoderma caperatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Polyporales
Family:	Meruliaceae
Genus:	Cymatoderma
Species:	C. caperatum
Binomial name
Cymatoderma caperatum (Berk. & Mont.) D.A.Reid (1956)
Synonyms[1]
Thelephora caperata Berk. & Mont. (1849) Stereum caperatum (Berk. & Mont.) Berk. (1881)[2] Cladoderris caperata (Berk. & Mont.) Pat. (1900)[3] Stereum spongiipes Berk. [as 'spongiaepes'] (1881) Cladoderris spongiipes (Berk.) Pat. (1900) Stereum goliath Speg. (1884)[4] Stereum hylocrater Speg. (1884)[4] Stereum hydrophorum var. hylocrater (Speg.) Massee (1890) Cladoderris caperata var. spongiipes (Berk.) Reinking (1920)