Pseudaleuria is a genus of two species of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. The genus was circumscribed by Demaris Lusk in 1987 to contain the type, P. quinaultiana, a species found in the Olympic Peninsula of North America.[1] P. fibrillosa was transferred to the genus (from Cheilymenia) in 2003.[2]
| Pseudaleuria | |
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| Pseudaleuria quinaultiana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Pyronemataceae |
| Genus: | Pseudaleuria Lusk (1987) |
| Type species | |
| Pseudaleuria quinaultiana Lusk (1987)
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| Species | |
P. quinaultiana is similar in appearance to Aleuria aurantia (the orange peel fungus), but is shaped more like a saucer than a cup and usually occurs in pairs rather than groups.[3]
References
edit- ^ Lusk DE. (1987). "Pseudaleuria quinaultiana, a new genus and species of operculate Ascomycete from the Olympic Peninsula". Mycotaxon. 30: 417–31.
- ^ Moravec J. (2003). "Taxonomic revision of the genus Cheilymenia Boud. – 9. The sections Villosae and Obtusipilosae, and a revision of the genus Pseudoaleuria Lusk (Pezizales, Pyronemataceae)". Acta Musei Moraviensis. 88 (1–2): 37–64 (see p. 51).
- ^ Trudell, Steve; Ammirati, Joe (2009). Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest. Timber Press Field Guides. Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 287. ISBN 978-0-88192-935-5.
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