Phruensis

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Phruensis
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Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: Diaporthales
Family: Valsaceae
Genus: Phruensis
Pinruan
Type species
Phruensis brunneispora
Pinruan (2004)

Phruensis is a fungal genus in the family Valsaceae. [1] It is monotypic, containing the single species Phruensis brunneispora, found on decaying trunks of the palm Licuala longecalycata in Thailand. The species was described as new to science in 2004. [2]

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p.  526. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Pinruan U, Sakayaroj J, Gareth Jones EB, Hyde K (2004). "Aquatic fungi from peat swamp palms: Phruensis brunneispora gen. et sp. nov. and its hyphomycete anamorph". Mycologia. 96 (5): 1163–70. doi:10.2307/3762100. hdl: 10722/53363 . JSTOR   3762100. PMID   21148937.