''Cyphellostereum'' is a

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of basidiolichens. Species produce white, somewhat cup-shaped

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on a thin film of green on soil which is the thallus. All ''Cyphellostereum'' species have

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spores and tissues, lack clamp connections, and also lack hymenial cystidia.

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has shown that a common, north

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species formerly known as ''Cyphellostereum laeve'' is not related to the

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and belongs in a quite separate

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, the

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. It has been renamed ''

Muscinupta laevis ''Muscinupta'' is a fungal genus that produces small white delicate fan-shaped to cupulate fruitbodies on mosses. It is monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. ...

''.

Etymology

The name ''Cyphellostereum'' combines two generic names: ''Cyphella'' in reference to the inverted cupulate form (like the genus ''

Cyphella ''Cyphella'' is a genus of fungi in the family Cyphellaceae The Cyphellaceae are a family of fungi A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold ...

''); and '' Stereum'', in reference to the stipitate fan-shape or bracket shape (as in species of ''Stereum'').

Species

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Cyphellostereum bicolor ''Cyphellostereum'' is a genus of basidiolichens. Species produce white, somewhat cup-shaped fruit bodies on a thin film of green on soil which is the thallus. All ''Cyphellostereum'' species have nonamyloid spores and tissues, lack clamp conn ...

'' *'' Cyphellostereum brasiliense'' *'' Cyphellostereum galapagoense'' *'' Cyphellostereum georgianum'' *'' Cyphellostereum imperfectum'' *'' Cyphellostereum jamesianum'' *'' Cyphellostereum muscicola'' *'' Cyphellostereum phyllogenum'' *''

Cyphellostereum rivulorum ''Cyphellostereum'' is a genus of basidiolichens. Species produce white, somewhat cup-shaped fruit bodies on a thin film of green on soil which is the thallus. All ''Cyphellostereum'' species have nonamyloid spores and tissues, lack clamp conn ...

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Cyphellostereum unoquinoum ''Cyphellostereum'' is a genus of basidiolichens. Species produce white, somewhat cup-shaped fruit bodies on a thin film of green on soil which is the thallus. All ''Cyphellostereum'' species have nonamyloid spores and tissues, lack clamp conn ...

'' *''

Cyphellostereum ushimanum ''Cyphellostereum'' is a genus of basidiolichens. Species produce white, somewhat cup-shaped fruit bodies on a thin film of green on soil which is the thallus. All ''Cyphellostereum'' species have nonamyloid spores and tissues, lack clamp conn ...

'' – Japan

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q5200217 Agaricales genera Lichen genera Hygrophoraceae Basidiolichens Taxa described in 1965 Taxa named by Derek Reid

Etymology

Species

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