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Carcinomyces polyporinus

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Carcinomyces polyporinus
Carcinomyces polyporinus parasitizing a poroid fruit body
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Tremellomycetes
Order: Tremellales
Family: Carcinomycetaceae
Genus: Carcinomyces
Species:
C. polyporinus
Binomial name
Carcinomyces polyporinus
(D.A. Reid) Yurkov (2015)
Synonyms
  • Tremella polyporina D.A. Reid (1970)

Carcinomyces polyporinus is a species of fungus in the class Tremellomycetes. It is a parasite, growing in the hymenia of various poroid fungi, particularly species of Postia.[1] Microscopically, it resembles a species of Tremella, but DNA research indicates that it belongs in a different family, the Carcinomycetaceae.[2] It was first described by British mycologist Derek Reid from Scotland.[3] It has also been recorded in continental Europe and North America.[1]


References

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  1. ^ a b Pippola E, Kotiranta H (2008). "The genus Tremella (Basidiomycota, Tremellales) in Finland". Annales Botanici Fennici. 45: 401–434. doi:10.5735/085.045.0601.
  2. ^ Liu XZ, Wang QM, Göker M, Groenewald M, Kachalkin AV, Lumbsch HT, Millanes AM, Wedin M, Yurkov AM, Boekhout T, Bai FY (2015). "Towards an integrated phylogenetic classification of the Tremellomycetes". Studies in Mycology. 81: 85–147. doi:10.1016/j.simyco.2015.12.001. PMC 4777781. PMID 26955199. S2CID 21998745.
  3. ^ Reid DA. (1970). "New or interesting records of British hymenomycetes. IV". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 55 (3): 413–441. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(70)80062-6.