Byssoporia
Sign in to saveByssoporia is a fungal genus in the family Albatrellaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single widespread corticioid species Byssoporia terrestris. There are several varieties: sartoryi, lilacinorosea, aurantiaca, sublutea, and parksii. These differ in bruising reaction, presence of clamp connections in the hyphae, or hyphal morphology. It was previously thought to belong in the Atheliaceae, but a molecular phylogenetics found it to belong in the Albatrellaceae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderRussulales
- FamilyAlbatrellaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2
- Family
- Atheliaceae
- Collections
- OSC, O
- Recorded in
- United States, Norway
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Atheliaceae
- Image
- Byssoporia terrestre 196354.jpg
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- taxon name
- Byssoporia
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- genus
- Commons category
- Byssoporia
- taxon author citation
- M.J.Larsen & Zak
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Byssoporia is a fungal genus in the family Albatrellaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single widespread corticioid species Byssoporia terrestris. There are several varieties: sartoryi, lilacinorosea, aurantiaca, sublutea, and parksii. These differ in bruising reaction, presence of clamp connections in the hyphae, or hyphal morphology. It was previously thought to belong in the Atheliaceae, but a molecular phylogenetics found it to belong in the Albatrellaceae.
==References==
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