Aleurocystis

Aleurocystis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Stereaceae
Genus:	Aleurocystis ; Lloyd ex G.Cunn. (1956)
Type species
	Aleurocystis hakgallae; (Berk. & Broome) G.Cunn. (1956)
Species
	A. gloeocystidiata ; A. habgallae ; A. magnispora ;

Last updated September 25, 2025

Aleurocystis is a genus of fungi in the Stereaceae family. The widely distributed genus contains three species.^[1]Aleurocystis was circumscribed by the New Zealand-based mycologist Gordon Herriot Cunningham in 1956.^[2]

References

↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
↑ Cunningham GH. (1956). "Thelephoraceae of New Zealand. Part IX. The genus Stereum. Part X. The genera Cytidia and Aleurocystis. Part XI. The genus Aleurodiscus". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 84 (2): 201–8.

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[Kirk2008-1] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

[Cunningham1956-2] Cunningham GH. (1956). "Thelephoraceae of New Zealand. Part IX. The genus Stereum. Part X. The genera Cytidia and Aleurocystis. Part XI. The genus Aleurodiscus". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 84 (2): 201–8.

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