Sarcomyxa

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Sarcomyxa is a small genus of agaricoid fungi in the Sarcomyxaceae.[1] Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are shelf-like and grow on wood. Sarcomyxa edulis is commercially cultivated for food in Asia.[2]

Division:Basidiomycota
Family:Sarcomyxaceae
Olariaga, Huhtinen, Læssøe, J.H. Petersen & K. Hansen (2020)
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Sarcomyxa
Sarcomyxa serotina
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Sarcomyxaceae
Olariaga, Huhtinen, Læssøe, J.H. Petersen & K. Hansen (2020)
Genus: Sarcomyxa
P. Karst. (1891)
Type species
Sarcomyxa serotina
(Pers.) P. Karst. (1891)
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Sarcomyxa serotina

The genus is the only member of Sarcomyxaceae, a classification established as a result of molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences.[1]

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