Cryptocalicium
Species of ascomycete fungus / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cryptocalicium is a single-species fungal genus of the order Eurotiomycetes that was circumscribed in 2021. It contains the species Cryptocalicium blascoi. Cryptocalicium is the only genus in the monotypic family Cryptocaliciaceae, the order Cryptocaliciales and the subclass Cryptocaliciomycetidae.[1]
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Cryptocalicium | |
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Cryptocalicium ascomata with mazaedia | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Eurotiomycetes |
Subclass: | Cryptocaliciomycetidae M.Prieto, Etayo & Olariaga (2021) |
Order: | Cryptocaliciales M.Prieto, Etayo & Olariaga (2021) |
Family: | Cryptocaliciaceae Etayo, Olariaga & M.Prieto (2021) |
Genus: | Cryptocalicium Etayo, Olariaga & M.Prieto (2021) |
Species: | C. blascoi |
Binomial name | |
Cryptocalicium blascoi Etayo, Olariaga & M.Prieto (2021)[1] | |
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Cryptocalicium is a representative of the "mazaediate" or "calicioid" fungi, a polyphyletic group of independently evolved ascomycetes that share a morphological characteristic: the presence of a distinct structure in which loose masses of ascospores accumulate to be passively disseminated,[1] called the mazaedium.[2]