Nia (fungus)
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 | |
Other species | |
Nia epidermoidea |
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]