''Muscinupta'' is a fungal

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

, containing the single species ''Muscinupta laevis''. The type species is better known under the name ''Cyphellostereum laeve'' but '' Cyphellostereum'' is a

basidiolichen Basidiolichens are lichenized members of the Division (taxonomy), division Basidiomycota within the subkingdom Dikarya of the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Fungus, Fungi. They form a diverse yet much smaller group of lichens than the far more commo ...

Etymology

The name ''Muscinupta'' refers to both its moss host and an allusion to the marriage of the fungus with the moss together with its veil-like properties on the moss.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q6940264, from2=Q54368461 Fungi of Europe Fungi of North America Repetobasidiaceae Monotypic Basidiomycota genera