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Sidera (fungus)

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Sidera
Sidera lenis
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Sidera

Miettinen & K.H.Larss. (2011)
Type species
Sidera lenis
(P.Karst.) Miettinen (2011)
Species

S. lenis
S. lowei
S. lunata
S. vulgaris

Sidera is a genus of crust fungi in the order Hymenochaetales. Circumscribed in 2011, the genus is characterized by species that have whitish resupinate fruit bodies, crystal rosettes on specialized hyphae, and sausage-shaped (allantoid) spores.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Miettinen, O.; Larsson, K.H. (2011). "Sidera, a new genus in Hymenochaetales with poroid and hydnoid species". Mycological Progress. 10 (2): 131–141. Bibcode:2011MycPr..10..131M. doi:10.1007/s11557-010-0682-5.