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