Hauerslevia

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Hauerslevia
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Auriculariales
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Hauerslevia
P. Roberts (1998)
Type species
Hauerslevia pulverulenta
(Hauerslev) P. Roberts (1998)

Hauerslevia is a fungal genus of uncertain familial placement ( incertae sedis ) in the order Auriculariales. [1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Hauerslevia pulverulenta, known from Europe. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are effused, with partly septate basidia, conspicuous cystidia, and hyphae lacking clamp connections. [2]

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p.  306. ISBN   9780851998268.
  2. Roberts P (1998). "Hauerslevia: a new genus in the effused heterobasidiomycetes". Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 19 (4): 277–30. doi:10.5962/p.354497.