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Karstenia
Sign in to saveKarstenia is a genus of fungi in the family Stictidaceae. These small fungi typically grow on wood and bark, producing tiny fruiting bodies that remain partially buried in their host material and appear as small pustules with pale pink or greyish-white centres. Unlike many related fungi, species of Karstenia do not form lichens, though they may occasionally grow near green algae.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 55
- With media
- 43
- Family
- Stictidaceae
- Collections
- NY
- Recorded in
- Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Ecuador
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Rhytismatales
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- taxon name
- Karstenia
- taxon rank
- genus
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- Species
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Karstenia is a genus of fungi in the family Stictidaceae. These small fungi typically grow on wood and bark, producing tiny fruiting bodies that remain partially buried in their host material and appear as small pustules with pale pink or greyish-white centres. Unlike many related fungi, species of Karstenia do not form lichens, though they may occasionally grow near green algae.
==Description==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Karstenia” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.