''Cylindrobasidium'' is a
genus
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of
corticioid fungi
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in the family
Physalacriaceae
The Physalacriaceae are a family of fungi
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.
circumscribed In geometry, a circumscribed circle for a set of points is a circle passing through each of them. Such a circle is said to ''circumscribe'' the points or a polygon formed from them; such a polygon is said to be ''inscribed'' in the circle.
* Circum ...
by Swiss mycologist
Walter Jülich
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in 1974,
, Index Fungorum lists eight species in the genus.
Species
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Cylindrobasidium albulum''
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Cylindrobasidium argenteum''
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Cylindrobasidium corrugum''
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Cylindrobasidium eucalypti''
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Cylindrobasidium evolvens''
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Cylindrobasidium laeve''
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Cylindrobasidium parasiticum''
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Cylindrobasidium torrendii''
References
Polyporales genera
Physalacriaceae
Taxa named by Walter Jülich
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