Sarcomyxa

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Sarcomyxa
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Sarcomyxa serotina
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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)
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Sarcomyxa serotina

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]

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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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References

  1. 1 2 Olariaga I, Huhtinen S, Læssøe T, Petersen JH, Hansen K (2020). "Phylogenetic origins and family classification of typhuloid fungi, with emphasis on Ceratellopsis, Macrotyphula and Typhula (Basidiomycota)". Studies in Mycology. 96: 155–184. doi: 10.1016/j.simyco.2020.05.003 . PMC   7388190 . PMID   32774511.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Tian F, Li C, Li Y (2021). "Genomic analysis of Sarcomyxa edulis reveals the basis of its medicinal properties and evolutionary relationships". Front. Microbiol. 12 652324. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.652324 . PMC   8281127 . PMID   34276589.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)