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Baeospora

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Baeospora is a genus of fungi in the family Cyphellaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agarics. The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1938. The most recently described species, B. occidentalis, is a snowbank fungus that was discovered in montane coniferous forests of the western USA.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumBasidiomycota
  3. ClassAgaricomycetes
  4. OrderAgaricales
  5. FamilyMarasmiaceae
Observations recorded16,807

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
35
With media
27
Family
Marasmiaceae
Collections
USU, DBG, TENN-F, FH, ILLS, MSC
Recorded in
United States, Canada, Costa Rica, Brasil, Norway

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Marasmiaceae
Image
Baeospora myosura 707697.jpg
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Commons category
Baeospora
taxon name
Baeospora
taxon rank
genus
taxonomic type
Baeospora myosura
taxon author citation
Singer
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Encyclopedic overview

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Baeospora is a genus of fungi in the family Cyphellaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are agarics. The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Rolf Singer in 1938. The most recently described species, B. occidentalis, is a snowbank fungus that was discovered in montane coniferous forests of the western USA.

==Species==

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