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Byssomerulius corium from Sweden | |
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Genus: | Byssomerulius Parmasto (1967)
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Byssomerulius corium (Pers.) Parmasto (1967)
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Byssomerulius is a widely distributed genus of crust fungi.
Byssomerulius was circumscribed by Estonian mycologist Erast Parmasto in 1967.[2] Although traditionally classified in the family Phanerochaetaceae,[3] recent molecular phylogenetic analysis supports the placement of Byssomerulius in the Irpicaceae.[4][5]