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Baeospora
Sign in to saveBaeospora 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
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderAgaricales
- FamilyMarasmiaceae
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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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