Macrotyphula | |
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Macrotyphula juncea | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Agaricomycetes |
Order: | Agaricales |
Family: | Phyllotopsidaceae |
Genus: | Macrotyphula R.H.Petersen (1972) |
Type species | |
Macrotyphula fistulosa (Holmsk.) R.H.Petersen (1972)
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Species | |
M. contorta | |
Synonyms | |
Sclerotium Tode (1790) |
Macrotyphula is a genus of clavarioid fungi in the family Phyllotopsidaceae.[1] Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are simple, narrowly club-shaped to filiform, sometimes arising from a sclerotium. They typically grow on dead wood or leaf litter, often in swarms.