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Nia (fungus)

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Genus of fungi

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Nia
Nia vibrissa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Niaceae
Genus: Nia
R.T. Moore & Meyers
Type species
Nia vibrissa
R.T. Moore & Meyers
Other species

Nia is a genus of fungi in the family Niaceae. The genus contains three species adapted to a marine environment. All are wood-rotting fungi, producing small, gasteroid basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on driftwood, submerged timber, mangrove wood, and similar substrates. The type species, Nia vibrissa, is widespread in temperate and tropical seas.

References

  1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
Taxon identifiers
Nia


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