Laxitextum | |
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Laxitextum bicolor | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Russulales |
Family: | Hericiaceae |
Genus: | Laxitextum Lentz (1956) |
Type species | |
Laxitextum bicolor (Pers.) Lentz (1956) | |
Species | |
Laxitextum is a genus of fungi in the family Hericiaceae. The widespread genus contains three species. [1] It was circumscribed by Paul Lewis Lentz in 1955. [2] Species in the genus have fruit bodies that are effused (stretched out flat) to reflexed (with edges turned up) and a smooth hymenium. Molecular analysis shows that the genus groups in a clade with the genera Hericium and Dentipellis . [3]
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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![]() | Laxitextum bicolor | North America |
Laxitextum incrustatum | Kenya, Tanzania | |
Laxitextum lutescens | tropical Africa | |