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Sarea
Sign in to saveSarea is a genus of small, non-lichenized, inoperculate, discomycete fungi in the family Zythiaceae. Sarea species are found growing on the resin of conifers in the Cupressaceae and Pinaceae in the Northern Hemisphere. Two species in the genus are readily distinguishable from each other: apothecia of Sarea difformis are black, while those of Sarea resinae are orange in color.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassSareomycetes
- OrderSareales
- FamilySareaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 11
- With media
- 8
- Family
- Trapeliaceae
- Collections
- US, UC, UPS, UME
- Recorded in
- United States, Japan, Norway
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Agyriaceae
- Image
- Sarea resinae (Fr.) Kuntze 720850.jpg
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- Sarea
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon common name
- sarea lichen
- different from
- Sarea
- taxonomic type
- Sarea difformis
- Commons category
- Sarea
- taxon author citation
- Fr.
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Sarea is a genus of small, non-lichenized, inoperculate, discomycete fungi in the family Zythiaceae. Sarea species are found growing on the resin of conifers in the Cupressaceae and Pinaceae in the Northern Hemisphere. Two species in the genus are readily distinguishable from each other: apothecia of Sarea difformis are black, while those of Sarea resinae are orange in color.
==Species== Sarea coeloplata Sarea difformis Sarea resinae
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