Claussenomyces

Claussenomyces
Claussenomyces prasinulus growing on Australian blackwood
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Ascomycetes
Order: Helotiales
Family: Helotiaceae
Genus: Claussenomyces
Kirschst. (1923)
Type species
Claussenomyces jahnianus
Kirschst. (1923)

Claussenomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Helotiaceae. Species grow as saprophytes on decaying and decorticated wood, cones, or sap. Fruitbodies are turbinate (having the shape of an inverted cone) to pulvinate (shaped like a cushion), measuring up to 0.6 mm in both height and diameter. The flesh has an elastic to gelatinous texture.[1]

Species

A 2008 estimate placed 19 species in the genus.[2] As of January 2015, Index Fungorum lists 16 species of Claussenomyces:[3]

References

  1. Medardi G. (2007). "Overview of the genus Claussenomyces and a description of Italian collections" (PDF). Czech Mycology. 59 (1): 101–9.
  2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 149. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 22nd December 2014). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 2015-01-20.

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