Australovuilleminia is a genus of fungus in the family Vuilleminiaceae. The monotypic genus was described in 2010 to contain the corticioid species Australovuilleminia coccinea from New Zealand, formerly misdetermined as Vuilleminia comedens.[1]

Australovuilleminia coccinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Corticiales
Family: Vuilleminiaceae
Genus: Australovuilleminia
Ghobad-Nejhad & Hallenb.
Species:
A. coccinea
Binomial name
Australovuilleminia coccinea
Ghobad-Nejhad & Hallenb.

References edit

  1. ^ Ghobad-Nejhad M, Nilsson RH, Hallenberg N (2010). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Vuilleminia (Basidiomycota) based on molecular and morphological evidence, with new insights into Corticiales". Taxon. 59 (5): 1519–34. doi:10.1002/tax.595016.