Pseudaleuria

Pseudaleuria is a genus of two species of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus was circumscribed by Demaris Lusk in 1987 to contain the type, P. quinaultiana, a species found in the Olympic Peninsula of North America.[1] P. fibrillosa was transferred to the genus (from Cheilymenia) in 2003.[2]

Pseudaleuria
Pseudaleuria quinaultiana
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Pseudaleuria

Lusk (1987)
Type species
Pseudaleuria quinaultiana
Lusk (1987)
Species

P. fibrillosa
P. quinaultiana

P. quinaultiana is similar in appearance to Aleuria aurantia (the orange peel fungus), but is shaped more like a saucer than a cup and usually occurs in pairs rather than groups.[3]

References

  1. Lusk DE. (1987). "Pseudaleuria quinaultiana, a new genus and species of operculate Ascomycete from the Olympic Peninsula". Mycotaxon. 30: 417–31.
  2. Moravec J. (2003). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Cheilymenia Boud. – 9. The sections Villosae and Obtusipilosae, and a revision of the genus Pseudoaleuria Lusk (Pezizales, Pyronemataceae)". Acta Musei Moraviensis. 88 (1–2): 37–64 (see p. 51).
  3. Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.


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