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Sarcomyxa
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Sarcomyxa

Sarcomyxa is a small genus of agaricoid fungi in the Sarcomyxaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are shelf-like and grow on wood. Sarcomyxa edulis is commercially cultivated for food in Asia.

The genus is the only member of Sarcomyxaceae, a classification established as a result of molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Late Oyster

speciesSarcomyxa serotina

Sarcomyxa edulis

speciesSarcomyxa edulis

Sarcomyxa sp. 'PNW01'

speciesSarcomyxa sp. 'PNW01'

Sarcomyxa baishanzuensis

speciesSarcomyxa baishanzuensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 63586.