Mitrulinia
Genus of fungi
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Mitrulinia is a fungal genus of uncertain familial placement in the order Helotiales. Mitrulinia is a monotypic genus,[2] containing the single species Mitrulinia ushuaiae. The genus was circumscribed in 1987 by mycologist Brian Spooner.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Helotiales |
| Genus: | Mitrulinia Spooner (1987) |
| Species: | M. ushuaiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Mitrulinia ushuaiae (Rehm) Spooner (1987) | |
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Mitrulinia populations have been found separately in Argentina and on the South Island of New Zealand.[4] Spores or hyphal fragments were also found present in snow on Livingston Island, Antarctica.[5] Individuals found in New Zealand are thought to belong to a novel species rather than Mitrulinia ushuiae.[6]
It produces a stipitate-capitate ascocarp (a fruiting body) arising from a substratal or sclerotial stroma tissue.[7]