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Family: | Obryzaceae Gustav Wilhelm Körber (1855)[1]
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Obryzum |
Obryzum is a fungal genus in the monotypic family Obryzaceae, in the class Sordariomycetes. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis).[3][4]
The genus name of Obryzum is derived from the Ancient Greek word ὄβρυζον meaning pure gold.
Reported as a parasitic on cyanobacterial lichens from the genus Leptogium.[5][6]
Cannon
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).