Sarcomyxa

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]

Sarcomyxa
Sarcomyxa serotina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Sarcomyxaceae
Genus: Sarcomyxa
P. Karst. (1891)
Type species
Sarcomyxa serotina
(Pers.) P. Karst. (1891)
Sarcomyxa serotina

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]

Species

See also

References

  1. 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)


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