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Phruensis

Phruensis is a fungal genus in the family Valsaceae. It is monotypic, containing the single species Phruensis brunneispora, found on decaying trunks of the palm Licuala longecalycata in Thailand. The species was described as new to science in 2004.

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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Diaporthales
Family: Valsaceae
Genus: Phruensis
Pinruan
Type species
Phruensis brunneispora
Pinruan (2004)

Phruensis is a fungal genus in the family Valsaceae.1 It is monotypic, containing the single species Phruensis brunneispora, found on decaying trunks of the palm Licuala longecalycata in Thailand. The species was described as new to science in 2004.2

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  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 526. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Pinruan U, Sakayaroj J, Gareth Jones EB, Hyde K (2004). "Aquatic fungi from peat swamp palms: Phruensis brunneispora gen. et sp. nov. and its hyphomycete anamorph". Mycologia. 96 (5): 1163–70. doi:10.2307/3762100. hdl:10722/53363. JSTOR 3762100. PMID 21148937.
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