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  8. ›Physalacriaceae
Xerula
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Xerula

Xerula is a genus of gilled mushrooms in the family Physalacriaceae.

This genus has been recorded as a favored food of adults of the pleasing fungus beetle Tritoma mimetica, but the mushroom species in question might today be placed in Hymenopellis which contains the favorite food of adult T.mimetica.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Xerula pudens

speciesXerula pudens

Xerula melanotricha

speciesXerula melanotricha

Xerula hispida

speciesXerula hispida

Xerula sinopudens

speciesXerula sinopudens

Xerula sp. 'AZ01'

speciesXerula sp. 'AZ01'

Xerula strigosa

speciesXerula strigosa

Xerula setulosa

speciesXerula setulosa

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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 203697.