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Sirobasidium

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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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  1. KingdomFungi
  2. PhylumBasidiomycota
  3. ClassTremellomycetes
  4. OrderTremellales
  5. FamilySirobasidiaceae

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taxon name
Sirobasidium
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Lagerh. & Pat.
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Sirobasidium
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  • Microscopic characters
  • Habitat and distribution
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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.

==Taxonomy==

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