Pseudaleuria

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Pseudaleuria
Pseudaleuria quinaultiana
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Pseudaleuria

Lusk (1987)
Type species
Pseudaleuria quinaultiana
Lusk (1987)
Species

P. fibrillosa
P. quinaultiana

Pseudaleuria is a genus of two species of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus was circumscribed by Demaris Lusk in 1987 to contain the type, P. quinaultiana, a species found in the Olympic Peninsula of North America.[1] P. fibrillosa was transferred to the genus (from Cheilymenia) in 2003.[2]

P. quinaultiana is similar in appearance to Aleuria aurantia (the orange peel fungus), but is shaped more like a saucer than a cup and usually occurs in pairs rather than groups.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lusk DE. (1987). "Pseudaleuria quinaultiana, a new genus and species of operculate Ascomycete from the Olympic Peninsula". Mycotaxon. 30: 417–31.
  2. ^ Moravec J. (2003). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Cheilymenia Boud. – 9. The sections Villosae and Obtusipilosae, and a revision of the genus Pseudoaleuria Lusk (Pezizales, Pyronemataceae)". Acta Musei Moraviensis. 88 (1–2): 37–64 (see p. 51).
  3. ^ Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.