| Urnula helvelloides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Sarcosomataceae |
| Genus: | Urnula |
| Species: | U. helvelloides |
| Binomial name | |
| Urnula helvelloides Donadini, Berthet & Astier (1973) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Urnula helvelloides is a species of fungus in the family Sarcosomataceae that is found in Europe and Asia. It was described as new to science in 1973.
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Urnula is a genus of cup fungi in the family Sarcosomataceae, circumscribed by Elias Magnus Fries in 1849. The genus contains several species found in Asia, Europe, Greenland, and North America. Sarcosomataceae fungi produce dark-colored, shallow to deep funnel-shaped fruitbodies with or without a stipe, growing in spring. The type species of the genus is Urnula craterium, commonly known as the devil's urn or the gray urn. Urnula species can grow as saprobes or parasites having an anamorphic state. The anamorphic form of U. craterium causes Strumella canker, on oak trees.
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Plectania is a genus of fungi in the family Sarcosomataceae. It was circumscribed by German botanist Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel in 1870.
Strumella is a genus of fungi in the family Sarcosomataceae. Species in this genus are anamorphic forms of the genus Urnula.
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