Pachycudonia spathulata | |
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Sonoma County, California, 2023 | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Leotiomycetes |
Order: | Rhytismatales |
Family: | Cudoniaceae |
Genus: | Pachycudonia |
Species: | P. spathulata
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Binomial name | |
Pachycudonia spathulata (
S.Imai) S.Imai (1950)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Pachycudonia spathulata, commonly known as Manzanita butter clumps, is a rare and little-known fungus that grows in association with manzanita and Pacific madrone trees on the west coast of North America. [2] [3] This fungus was first described in 1942 by Sanshi Imai as Cudonia spathulata and renamed by Imai in 1950 to Pachycudonia spathulata. [4] [5] [a]
Mycologists are investigating the range of this fungus and seeking new observations and specimen collections. [7]
Pachycudonia spathulata | |
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Sonoma County, California, 2023 | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Class: | Leotiomycetes |
Order: | Rhytismatales |
Family: | Cudoniaceae |
Genus: | Pachycudonia |
Species: | P. spathulata
|
Binomial name | |
Pachycudonia spathulata (
S.Imai) S.Imai (1950)
| |
Synonyms [1] | |
|
Pachycudonia spathulata, commonly known as Manzanita butter clumps, is a rare and little-known fungus that grows in association with manzanita and Pacific madrone trees on the west coast of North America. [2] [3] This fungus was first described in 1942 by Sanshi Imai as Cudonia spathulata and renamed by Imai in 1950 to Pachycudonia spathulata. [4] [5] [a]
Mycologists are investigating the range of this fungus and seeking new observations and specimen collections. [7]