Biology:Mycostilla

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Mycostilla
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Auriculariales
Genus: Mycostilla
Spirin & Malysheva (2018)
Type species
Mycostilla vermiformis
(Berk. & Broome) Spirin & Malysheva (2018)

Mycostilla is a genus of fungi in the order Auriculariales. The type and only species, Mycostilla vermiformis, forms effused, gelatinous, crystalline or net-like basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on fallen conifer wood in Europe.[1] The species was formerly placed in Stypella,[2] but the latter genus is of uncertain disposition and appears unrelated to the Auriculariales.[1] Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, distinguishes Mycostilla from the morphologically similar genus Stypellopsis.[1]

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