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Wynnea
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Wynnea

Wynnea is a genus of fungi in the family Sarcoscyphaceae. Circumscribed by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Moses Ashley Curtis in 1867, the genus contains seven species that have ear-shaped fruit bodies that grow on the ground. Wynnea species have a worldwide distribution and have been collected from the United States, Costa Rica, India, and China.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

moose antlers

speciesWynnea americana

Wynnea sparassoides

speciesWynnea sparassoides

Wynnea gigantea

speciesWynnea gigantea

Wynnea macrospora

speciesWynnea macrospora

Wynnea sinensis

speciesWynnea sinensis

Wynnea macrotis

speciesWynnea macrotis

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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 57368.