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Sirobasidium
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Sirobasidium

Sirobasidium is a genus of fungi in the order Tremellales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are gelatinous and appear to be parasitic on ascomycetous fungi on wood. Microscopically they are distinguished by producing septate basidia in chains which give rise to deciduous sterigmata. Species are distributed worldwide.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Sirobasidium magnum

speciesSirobasidium magnum

Sirobasidium brefeldianum

speciesSirobasidium brefeldianum

Sirobasidium albidum

speciesSirobasidium albidum

Sirobasidium rubrofuscum

speciesSirobasidium rubrofuscum

Sirobasidium japonicum

speciesSirobasidium japonicum

Sirobasidium apiculatum

speciesSirobasidium apiculatum

Sirobasidium sanguineum

speciesSirobasidium sanguineum

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 352535.