Myrmecridium
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| Myrmecridium | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Sordariomycetes |
| Order: | Myrmecridiales |
| Family: | Myrmecridiaceae |
| Genus: | Myrmecridium Arzanlou, W.Gams & Crous (2007) |
| Type species | |
| Myrmecridium schulzeri (Sacc.) Arzanlou, W.Gams & Crous (2007) | |
Myrmecridium is a genus of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes. It was circumscribed in 2007 and is distinguished from similar fungi by having entirely hyaline (translucent) vegetative hyphae and widely scattered, pimple-shaped denticles (toothlike projections) on the long hyaline rachis. The generic name derives from a combination of the Ancient Greek word "myrmekia", meaning "wart", and the suffix "-ridium" from "Chloridium" (a genus of Fungi in the family Chaetosphaeriaceae).[1]
Order Myrmecridiales and family Myrmecridiaceae was established to accommodate genus Myrmecridium which was previously placed in subclass Hypocreomycetidae, genera incertae sedis (Crous et al. 2015,[2] Maharachchikumbura et al. 2016).[3]
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