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Botryobasidium
Sign in to saveBotryobasidium is a genus of corticioid fungi belonging to the order Cantharellales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ephemeral and typically form thin, web-like, white to cream, effused patches on the underside of fallen branches, logs, and leaf litter. Several species form anamorphs producing chlamydospores. All species are wood- or litter-rotting saprotrophs and the genus has a worldwide distribution.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderCantharellales
- FamilyBotryobasidiaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 420
- With media
- 381
- Family
- Botryobasidiaceae
- Collections
- FH, UFRGS, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), TENN-F, MEL, LSUM
- Recorded in
- United States, Brasil, Canada, Australia, India
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Thelephoraceae
- Image
- 2013-06-14 Botryobasidium laeve (Eriksson) Parmasto 367818.jpg
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- Botryobasidium
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Encyclopedic overview
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Botryobasidium is a genus of corticioid fungi belonging to the order Cantharellales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are ephemeral and typically form thin, web-like, white to cream, effused patches on the underside of fallen branches, logs, and leaf litter. Several species form anamorphs producing chlamydospores. All species are wood- or litter-rotting saprotrophs and the genus has a worldwide distribution.
==Taxonomy==
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