| Nia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Basidiomycota |
| Subphylum: | Agaricomycotina |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Subclass: | Agaricomycetidae |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Niaceae |
| Genus: | Nia R.T. Moore & Meyers |
| Type species | |
| Nia vibrissa R.T. Moore & Meyers |
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| Other species | |
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Nia epidermoidea |
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Nia is a genus of fungi in the family Niaceae. The genus contains three species adapted to a marine environment. All are wood-rotting fungi, producing small, gasteroid basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on driftwood, submerged timber, mangrove wood, and similar substrates. The type species, Nia vibrissa, is widespread in temperate and tropical seas.[1]