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Stictis
Sign in to saveStictis is a genus of fungi in the family Stictidaceae. Most species are saprotrophic decomposers that inhabit dead wood, where they form small, flask-shaped fruiting bodies that remain largely embedded within their substrate and open through tiny pores. The genus is characterised by its distinctive white, frost-like rim that surrounds the fruiting bodies and thread-like ascospores divided by multiple cross-walls. Modern molecular phylogenetics studies suggest that the current broad concept of Stictis will likely be split into several separate genera as the group undergoes taxonomic revision.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassLecanoromycetes
- OrderOstropales
- FamilyStictidaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 808
- With media
- 546
- Family
- Stictidaceae
- Collections
- NY, MICH
- Recorded in
- United States, Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Bermuda, Ecuador, Canada
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Stictidaceae
- Image
- Conotrema urceolatum-3.jpg
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- taxon name
- Stictis
- taxon rank
- genus
- Commons category
- Stictis
- taxonomic type
- Stictis radiata
- taxon author citation
- Pers.
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Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Description
- Species
- References
Stictis is a genus of fungi in the family Stictidaceae. Most species are saprotrophic decomposers that inhabit dead wood, where they form small, flask-shaped fruiting bodies that remain largely embedded within their substrate and open through tiny pores. The genus is characterised by its distinctive white, frost-like rim that surrounds the fruiting bodies and thread-like ascospores divided by multiple cross-walls. Modern molecular phylogenetics studies suggest that the current broad concept of Stictis will likely be split into several separate genera as the group undergoes taxonomic revision.
==Taxonomy==
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