| Leotia | |
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| Leotia lubrica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Leotiales |
| Family: | Leotiaceae |
| Genus: | Leotia Pers. (1794) |
| Type species | |
| Leotia lubrica (Scop.) Pers. (1797)
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| Species | |
Leotia is a genus of cup fungi of the division Ascomycota. Leotia species are globally distributed, and are believed to be ectomycorrhizal.[1] They are commonly known as jelly babies because of the gelatinous texture of their fruiting bodies.
- ^ Tedersoo, Leho; Smith, Matthew E. (2017). "Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Lineages: Detection of Four New Groups and Notes on Consistent Recognition of Ectomycorrhizal Taxa in High-Throughput Sequencing Studies". Biogeography of Mycorrhizal Symbiosis. 230. Springer International Publishing AG: 125–142. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-56363-3_6.