Stypellopsis

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Stypellopsis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Auriculariales
Genus: Stypellopsis
Spirin & Malysheva (2018)
Type species
Stypellopsis hyperborea
Spirin & Malysheva (2018)
Species

Stypellopsis farlowii

Stypellopsis is a genus of fungi in the order Auriculariales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are effused, gelatinous, crystalline or net-like and occur on fallen conifer wood.[1] Species were formerly placed in Stypella or Protomerulius, but molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, distinguishes Stypellopsis from these genera and from the morphologically similar genus Mycostilla. The type species occurs in northern Europe, Stypellopsis farlowii in North America.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Spirin V, Malysheva V, Haelewaters D, Larsson KH (2018). "Studies in the Stypella vermiformis group (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota)". Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. 112 (5): 753–764. doi:10.1007/s10482-018-01209-9. PMC 6456474. PMID 30535961.