Aleuria
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Aleuria is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus, A. aurantia. Aleuria species are saprobes.
Aleuria is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus, A. aurantia. Aleuria species are saprobes. ==Description== This genus is distinguished by the lack of gills, and epigeous nature. The ascospores are distinctly reticulate. Species are typically (but not always) bright in color. ascocarps are typically over 1 cm in diameter. ==Species== Aleuria alpina Aleuria amplissima Aleuria applanata Aleuria ascophanoides Aleuria aurantia Aleuria balfour-browneae Aleuria boudieri Aleuria carbonicola Aleuria cestrica Aleuria crassa Aleuria crassiuscula Aleuria crucibulum Aleuria dalhousiensis Aleuria exigua Aleuria gigantea Aleuria gonnermannii Aleuria ingrica Aleuria isochroa Aleuria latispora Aleuria lloydiana Aleuria luteonitens Aleuria marchica Aleuria medogensis Aleuria mellea Aleuria membranacea Aleuria mespiliformis Aleuria michiganensis Aleuria murreana Aleuria nemorosa Aleuria nucalis Aleuria ollula Aleuria pectinospora Aleuria phaeospora Aleuria reperta Aleuria riparia Aleuria saccardoi Aleuria splendens Aleuria sylvestris Aleuria tectipus Aleuria tuberculosa ==References== C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell et al., Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004)
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