''Aleuria'' is a genus of cup
fungi
A fungus (plural, : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of Eukaryote, eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and Mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified ...
within the phylum
Ascomycota
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The de ...
. The best known species is
Orange peel fungus
''Aleuria aurantia'' (orange peel fungus) is a widespread ascomycete fungus in the order Pezizales. The brilliant orange, cup-shaped ascocarps often resemble orange peels strewn on the ground, giving this species its common name.
Taxonomy
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, ''A. aurantia''.
''Aleuria'' species are
saprobe
Saprotrophic nutrition or lysotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion involved in the processing of decayed (dead or waste) organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi ( ...
s.
Description
*This genus is distinguished by the lack of gills, and
epigeous
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In botany, a seed is described as showing epigeal germination when the cotyledons of the germinating seed expand, throw off the ...
nature.
*The
ascospore
An ascus (; ) is the sexual spore-bearing cell produced in ascomycete fungi. Each ascus usually contains eight ascospores (or octad), produced by meiosis followed, in most species, by a mitotic cell division. However, asci in some genera o ...
s are distinctly
reticulate
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Reticulation or Reticulated may refer to:
* Reticulation (single-access key), a structure of an identification tree, where there are several possible routes to a correct identificat ...
.
*Species are typically (but not always) bright in color.
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ascocarp
An ascocarp, or ascoma (), is the fruiting body ( sporocarp) of an ascomycete phylum fungus. It consists of very tightly interwoven hyphae and millions of embedded asci, each of which typically contains four to eight ascospores. Ascocarps are mos ...
s are typically over 1 cm in diameter.
Species
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Aleuria alpina
''Aleuria'' is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Aleuria aurantia, Orange peel fungus, ''A. aurantia''.
''Aleuria'' species are saprobes.
Description
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Aleuria amplissima''
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Aleuria applanata''
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Aleuria ascophanoides''
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Aleuria aurantia
''Aleuria aurantia'' (orange peel fungus) is a widespread ascomycete fungus in the order Pezizales. The brilliant orange, cup-shaped ascocarps often resemble orange peels strewn on the ground, giving this species its common name.
Taxonomy
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Aleuria balfour-browneae''
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Aleuria boudieri
''Aleuria'' is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus, ''A. aurantia''.
''Aleuria'' species are saprobes.
Description
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Aleuria carbonicola''
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Aleuria cestrica''
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Aleuria crassa
''Aleuria'' is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus, ''A. aurantia''.
''Aleuria'' species are saprobes.
Description
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Aleuria crassiuscula''
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Aleuria crucibulum''
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Aleuria dalhousiensis''
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Aleuria exigua''
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Aleuria gigantea''
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Aleuria gonnermannii''
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Aleuria ingrica''
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Aleuria isochroa''
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Aleuria latispora''
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Aleuria lloydiana''
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Aleuria luteonitens''
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Aleuria marchica''
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Aleuria medogensis''
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Aleuria mellea
''Aleuria'' is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus, ''A. aurantia''.
''Aleuria'' species are saprobes.
Description
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Aleuria membranacea
''Aleuria'' is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus, ''A. aurantia''.
''Aleuria'' species are saprobes.
Description
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Aleuria mespiliformis''
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Aleuria michiganensis''
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Aleuria murreana''
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Aleuria nemorosa''
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Aleuria nucalis
''Aleuria'' is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus, ''A. aurantia''.
''Aleuria'' species are saprobes.
Description
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Aleuria ollula
''Aleuria'' is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus, ''A. aurantia''.
''Aleuria'' species are saprobes.
Description
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Aleuria pectinospora
''Aleuria'' is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus, ''A. aurantia''.
''Aleuria'' species are saprobes.
Description
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Aleuria phaeospora''
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Aleuria reperta''
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Aleuria riparia
''Aleuria'' is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus, ''A. aurantia''.
''Aleuria'' species are saprobes.
Description
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Aleuria saccardoi''
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Aleuria splendens''
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Aleuria sylvestris''
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Aleuria tectipus
''Aleuria'' is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus, ''A. aurantia''.
''Aleuria'' species are saprobes.
Description
*This genus is distinguished by the lack of gills, and epigeous na ...
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Aleuria tuberculosa
''Aleuria'' is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus, ''A. aurantia''.
''Aleuria'' species are saprobes.
Description
*This genus is distinguished by the lack of gills, and epigeous na ...
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References
*C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell et al., ''Introductory Mycology, 4th ed.'' (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004)
Pyronemataceae
Pezizales genera
Taxa named by Karl Wilhelm Gottlieb Leopold Fuckel
Taxa described in 1870
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