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Thelephora ganbajun

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Thelephora ganbajun
Thelephora ganbajun, found in Huaning, Yunnan, China
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Thelephorales
Family: Thelephoraceae
Genus: Thelephora
Species:
T. ganbajun
Binomial name
Thelephora ganbajun
M.Zang (1987)

Thelephora ganbajun, or "ganba fungus," 干巴菌 / 乾巴菌, is a species of coral fungus in the family Thelephoraceae. It was described as new to science in 1987 by Chinese mycologist Mu Zang. It is found in Yunnan, where it grows as an ectomycorrhizal symbiote of Pinus yunnanensis and Pinus kesiya var. langbianensis.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Zang M. (1987). "Some new and noteworthy higher fungi from eastern Himalayas". Acta Botanica Yunnanica. 9 (1): 81–88.
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