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  5. ›Pleosporomycetidae
  6. ›Pleosporales
  7. ›Shiraiaceae
  8. ›Shiraia
Shiraia bambusicola
Plate 1 of 1. Dai D-Q, Wijayawardene NN, Tang L-Z, Liu C, Han L-H, Chu H-L, Wang H-B, Liao C-F, Yang E-F (CC BY 4.0) · via Wikimedia

Shiraia bambusicola

Shiraia bambusicola is a parasitic fungus on twigs of several genera of bamboos, and its relatively large stromata are used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is the sole species in the monotypic genus Shiraia. It is widely distributed in many provinces of Southern China and also in Japan.

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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 1258447.