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Carcinomyces
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Carcinomyces

Carcinomyces is a genus of fungi in the order Tremellales. Species are parasites of other fungi and produce anamorphic yeast states. Four species of Carcinomyces are recognized worldwide. The generic placement of a fifth species, Carcinomyces mycetophilus, is currently uncertain.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Carcinomyces effibulatus

speciesCarcinomyces effibulatus

Carcinomyces polyporinus

speciesCarcinomyces polyporinus

Carcinomyces arundinariae

speciesCarcinomyces arundinariae

Carcinomyces nordestinensis

speciesCarcinomyces nordestinensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1110074.