Aleuria

Taxobox
name = Aleuria


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regnum = Fungi
phylum = Ascomycota
classis = Pezizomycetes
familia = Pyronemataceae
genus = "Aleuria"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "Aleuria aurantia" "Aleuria rhenana"

"Aleuria" is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus.

"Aleuria" species are saprobes.

Morphology

*This genus is distinguished by the lack of gills, and epigeous nature.
*The ascospores are distinctly reticulate.
*Species are typically (but not always) bright in color.
*ascocarps are typically over 1 cm in diameter.

References

*C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell et al., "Introductory Mycology, 4^th ed." (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004) ISBN 0-471-52229-5