| Sarcomyxa | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Sarcomyxa serotina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Sarcomyxaceae Olariaga, Huhtinen, Læssøe, J.H. Petersen & K. Hansen (2020) |
| Genus: | Sarcomyxa P. Karst. (1891) |
| Type species | |
| Sarcomyxa serotina (Pers.) P. Karst. (1891) | |
Sarcomyxa is a small genus of agaricoid fungi in the Sarcomyxaceae. [1] Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are shelf-like and grow on wood. Sarcomyxa edulis is commercially cultivated for food in Asia. [2]
The genus is the only member of Sarcomyxaceae, a classification established as a result of molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences. [1]
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