| Sarcosoma | |
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| Sarcosoma globosum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Ascomycota |
| Subphylum: | Pezizomycotina |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Sarcosomataceae |
| Genus: | Sarcosoma Casp. (1891) |
| Type species | |
| Sarcosoma globosum (Schmidel) Rehm (1891) |
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| Species | |
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S. globosum |
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Sarcosoma is a genus of fungi in the family Sarcosomataceae. The genus, widespread in north temperate and tropical areas, contains five species. The anamorph (asexual) form is the genus Verticicladium.[1]
The name comes from the Greek sarco meaning flesh and soma meaning body.