Cheilymenia

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Cheilymenia
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Cheilymenia spp.
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Pyronemataceae
Genus: Cheilymenia
Boud. (1885)
Type species
Cheilymenia stercorea
(Pers.) Boud. (1907)
Species

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Cheilymenia is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus has a widespread distribution, especially in temperate regions, and contains 66 species, [1] many very similar in appearance and habitat and only separable by microscopic features. [2]

Species

Species include:

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 135. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.