Sarea

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Sarea

Genus of fungi

Sarea is a genus of small, non-lichenized, inoperculate,[1] discomycete fungi in the family Zythiaceae.[2][3] Sarea species are found growing on the resin of conifers in the Cupressaceae and Pinaceae in the Northern Hemisphere.[1] Two species in the genus are readily distinguishable from each other: apothecia of Sarea difformis are black, while those of Sarea resinae are orange in color.[1]

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Species

  • Sarea coeloplata (Norman) J.K.Mitch., Garrido-Ben. & Quijada (2021)[4]
  • Sarea difformis (Fr.) Fr. (1828)
  • Sarea resinae (Fr.) Kuntze (1898)

References

  1. [1]
    Hawksworth, D.L.; Sherwood, M.A. (1981). "A reassessment of three widespread resinicolous discomycetes". Canadian Journal of Botany. 59 (3): 357–372. doi:10.1139/b81-049.
  2. [2]
    Beimforde, C.; Schmidt, A.R.; Rikkinen, J.; Mitchell, J.K. (2020). "Sareomycetes cl. nov.: A new proposal for placement of the resinicolous genus Sarea (Ascomycota, Pezizomycotina)". Fungal Systematics and Evolution. 6: 25–37. doi:10.3114/fuse.2020.06.02. hdl:10138/317218. PMC 7451776. PMID 32904095.
  3. [3]
    Mitchell, J.K.; Quijada, L. (2020). "(2762) Proposal to conserve the name Cytospora resinae (Zythia resinae) with a conserved type (Ascomycota)". Taxon. 69 (5): 1102–1103. doi:10.3158/1557.1. S2CID 86529508.
  4. [4]
    Mitchell, James K.; Garrido-Benavent, Isaac; Quijada, Luis; Pfister, Donald H. (2021). "Sareomycetes: more diverse than meets the eye". IMA Fungus. 12 (1): e6. doi:10.1186/s43008-021-00056-0. PMC 7961326. PMID 33726866.


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