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Myriococcum

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Myriococcum
Myriococcum praecox
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Stephanosporaceae
Genus: Myriococcum
Fr. (1823)
Type species
Myriococcum praecox
Fr. (1823)

Myriococcum is a genus of fungi in the family Stephanosporaceae. The type and only species, M. praecox, originally described from Sweden, produces a mycelium with small, dark brown sclerotia. DNA analysis has shown this belongs within the Agaricales. Several other species formerly referred to Myriococcum are now placed within the Ascomycota in the genera Cryptendoxyla and Crassicarpon.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Koukol O (2016). "Myriococcum revisited: a revision of an overlooked fungal genus". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 302 (8): 957–969. doi:10.1007/s00606-016-1310-x. S2CID 254048335.
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