''Radulomyces'' is a
genus
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of
crust fungi
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in the family
Radulomycetaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution and contains 11 species. It was
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by Danish botanist Mads Peter Christiansen in 1960, with ''
Radulomyces confluens'' as the
type species
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.
This genus was formally considered to be part of the ''
Pterulaceae
The ''Pterulaceae'' are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Agaricales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contained 99 species previously distributed among 12 genus, genera. More recent data from molecular phylogenetic reconst ...
'' family.
A major reclassification of the ''
Pterulaceae
The ''Pterulaceae'' are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Agaricales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contained 99 species previously distributed among 12 genus, genera. More recent data from molecular phylogenetic reconst ...
'' family occurred in 2020 and the genera ''
Aphanobasidium'', ''Radulomyces'' and ''
Radulotubus
''Radulotubus'' is a monotypic genus of corticioid or crust fungi in the family Radulomycetaceae containing the single resupinate species ''Radulotubus resupinatus.'' This species was found in Yunnan province, China and formally classified in 2 ...
'' were moved to a new family, ''
Radulomycetaceae'' by the mycologists
Caio A. Leal-Dutra,
Bryn Tjader Mason Dentinger
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...
and
Gareth W. Griffith.
Species
Source:
See also
*
List of Agaricales genera
This is a list of fungal genus, genera in the order (biology), order Agaricales. The list follows Kalichman, Kirk & Matheny (2020), with more recent additions and amendments, as noted. The number of species in each family is taken from Catalogue of ...
References
Pterulaceae
Agaricales genera
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