Sirobasidium brefeldianum
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| Sirobasidium brefeldianum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Tremellomycetes |
| Order: | Tremellales |
| Family: | Sirobasidiaceae |
| Genus: | Sirobasidium |
| Species: | S. brefeldianum |
| Binomial name | |
| Sirobasidium brefeldianum Möller (1895) | |
Sirobasidium brefeldianum is a species of fungus in the order Tremellales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are gelatinous and appear to be parasitic on ascomycetous fungi on wood. The species was originally described from Brazil, but has also been reported from Asia and Europe.
Sirobasidium brefeldianum was described from Brazil in 1895 by German mycologist Alfred Möller.[1] Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has indicated that Sirobasidium brefeldianum may not be closely related to other Sirobasidium species, though this is based on a single culture from Europe that may be contaminated and requires further research.[2][3]
