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Myriostoma
Sign in to saveMyriostoma is a fungal genus in the family Geastraceae. Basidiocarps resemble earthstars, but the spore sac is supported by multiple columns (instead of a single column) and has multiple ostioles instead of a single, apical ostiole. Until 2017, the genus was thought to be monotypic with a single, widespread species, Myriostoma coliforme. Recent research has, however, shown that at least six species occur worldwide.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderGeastrales
- FamilyGeastraceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 9
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Geastraceae
- Collections
- F, FLAS, MICH, UFPR, ILLS, ILL
- Recorded in
- Guam, United States, Brasil
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Geastraceae
- Gender
- male
- Image
- Myriostoma coliforme.jpg
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- Desv.
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy and phylogeny
- Etymology
- Description
- Habitat and distribution
- Notes
- References
- Cited texts
Myriostoma is a fungal genus in the family Geastraceae. Basidiocarps resemble earthstars, but the spore sac is supported by multiple columns (instead of a single column) and has multiple ostioles instead of a single, apical ostiole. Until 2017, the genus was thought to be monotypic with a single, widespread species, Myriostoma coliforme. Recent research has, however, shown that at least six species occur worldwide.
==Taxonomy and phylogeny== Nicaise Auguste Desvaux first defined and published the genus Myriostoma in 1809, with the single species Myriostoma anglicum (an illegitimate renaming of James Dickson's original Lycoperdon coliforme). In 1821 Samuel Frederick Gray described the superfluous genus Polystoma for it.
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