Sclerotrema | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Auriculariales |
Family: | Auriculariaceae |
Genus: |
Sclerotrema Spirin & V.Malysheva (2017) |
Type species | |
Sclerotrema griseobrunnea (K.Wells & Raitviir) Spirin & V.Malysheva (2017)
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Sclerotrema is a genus of fungi in the family Auriculariaceae. [1] The type and only species, Sclerotrema griseobrunnea, produces effused, corticioid basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on wood with a smooth surface. The species was originally described from Russia and is also known from Canada. [2]
The genus was created as a result of molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, which showed that Sclerotrema griseobrunnea, previously referred to the genus Exidiopsis, formed its own unrelated and distinct clade. [2]