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Ceraceomyces

Ceraceomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Amylocorticiaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 16 species.

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Ceraceomyces
Ceraceomyces sublaevi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Amylocorticiales
Family: Amylocorticiaceae
Genus: Ceraceomyces
Jülich (1972)1
Type species
Ceraceomyces tessulatus
(Cooke) Jülich (1972)

Ceraceomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Amylocorticiaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 16 species.2

Species

  • Ceraceomyces borealis
  • Ceraceomyces cerebrosus
  • Ceraceomyces corymbatus
  • Ceraceomyces cremeo-ochraceus
  • Ceraceomyces crispatus
  • Ceraceomyces cystidiatus
  • Ceraceomyces microsporus
  • Ceraceomyces oligodontus
  • Ceraceomyces reidii
  • Ceraceomyces serpens
  • Ceraceomyces sublaevis
  • Ceraceomyces sulphurinus
  • Ceraceomyces tessulatus
  • Ceraceomyces variicolor
  • Ceraceomyces violascens
References

References

  1. Binder M, Larsson K-H, Matheny PB, Hibbett DS (2010). "Amylocorticiales ord. nov. and Jaapiales ord. nov.: Early diverging clades of Agaricomycetidae dominated by corticioid forms". Mycologia. 102 (4): 865–80. doi:10.3852/09-288. PMID 20648753.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 125. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.