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Microstoma protractum

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Species of fungus

Microstoma protractum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Pezizomycetes
Order: Pezizales
Family: Sarcoscyphaceae
Genus: Microstoma
Species: M. protractum
Binomial name
Microstoma protractum
(Fr.) Kanouse (1948)
Synonyms
  • Peziza protracta Fr. (1851)

Microstoma protractum is a species of cup fungus in the family Sarcoscyphaceae. It was first described as a species of Peziza by Elias Magnus Fries in 1851. American mycologist Bessie B. Kanouse assigned it its current name in 1948. The fungus is found in Europe and North America, where it grows as a saprophyte on partially buried sticks and roots.

References

  1. Kanouse BB. (1948). "The genus Plectania and its segregates in North America". Mycologia. 4 (4): 482–504. doi:10.2307/3755155. JSTOR 3755155.

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Taxon identifiers
Microstoma protractum
Peziza protracta


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