Aleuria
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Aleuria is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota
. The best known species is Orange peel fungus.
Aleuria species are saprobes.
Ascomycota
The Ascomycota are a Division/Phylum of the kingdom Fungi, and subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the Sac fungi. They are the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species...
. The best known species is Orange peel fungus.
Aleuria species are saprobes.
Morphology
- This genus is distinguished by the lack of gills, and epigeous nature.
- The ascosporeAscosporeAn ascospore is a spore contained in an ascus or that was produced inside an ascus. This kind of spore is specific to fungi classified as ascomycetes ....
s are distinctly reticulate. - Species are typically (but not always) bright in color.
- ascocarpAscocarpAn ascocarp, or ascoma , is the fruiting body of an ascomycete fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and may contain millions of asci, each of which typically contains eight ascospores...
s are typically over 1 cm in diameter.