Cruciger (fungus)

Cruciger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: incertae sedis
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Cruciger
R.Kirschner & Oberw. (1999)
Type species
Cruciger lignatilis
R.Kirschner & Oberw. (1999)

Cruciger is a fungal genus in the class Agaricomycetes. It has not yet been placed in any order or family. A monotypic genus, it contains the single anamorph species Cruciger lignatilis, found growing on rotting wood in Germany. The genus name refers to the cruciform (cross-shaped) conidia.[1]

References

  1. Kirschner R, Oberwinkler F. (1999). "A new basidiomycetous anamorph genus with cruciform conidia". Mycoscience 40 (4): 345–8. doi:10.1007/BF02463878.

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