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Sebacina
Sign in to saveSebacina is a genus of fungi in the family Sebacinaceae. Its species are mycorrhizal, forming a range of associations with trees and other plants. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are produced on soil and litter, sometimes partly encrusting stems of living plants. The fruit bodies are cartilaginous to rubbery-gelatinous and variously effused (corticioid) to coral-shaped (clavarioid). The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
jellied false coral fungus
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderSebacinales
- FamilySebacinaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 609
- With media
- 416
- Family
- Sebacinaceae
- Collections
- IBUNAM, NY, LSUM, CINC, NCU, MEL
- Recorded in
- Mexico, French Polynesia, Canada, United States, Australia, Brasil
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- History
- Current status
- Description
- Microscopic characters
- Ecology
- References
Sebacina is a genus of fungi in the family Sebacinaceae. Its species are mycorrhizal, forming a range of associations with trees and other plants. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are produced on soil and litter, sometimes partly encrusting stems of living plants. The fruit bodies are cartilaginous to rubbery-gelatinous and variously effused (corticioid) to coral-shaped (clavarioid). The genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
==Taxonomy==
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