''Ganoderma colossus''Baker CF (1918) In: ''Brotéria'': 425 is a

Basidiomycete Basidiomycota () is one of two large divisions that, together with the Ascomycota, constitute the subkingdom Dikarya (often referred to as the "higher fungi") within the kingdom Fungi. Members are known as basidiomycetes. More specifically, Basi ...

bracket-fungus species in the family

Ganodermataceae The Ganodermataceae are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Polyporales. , Index Fungorum accepts 8 genus, genera and 300 species in the family. The family was circumscription (taxonomy), circumscribed by Dutch mycologist Marinus An ...

, previously placed in the genus ''

Tomophagus ''Tomophagus'' 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''. According to the ''Index Fun ...

''. Records are from central and southern America and equatorial Africa (see GBIF); no subspecies are listed in the

Catalogue of Life The Catalogue of Life is an online database that provides an index of known species of animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms. It was created in 2001 as a partnership between the global Species 2000 and the American Integrated Taxonomic Info ...

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q10502720, from2=Q18383317 Ganodermataceae Fungi described in 1851