Sirobasidium
| Sirobasidium | |
|---|---|
| Sirobasidium magnum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Tremellomycetes |
| Order: | Tremellales |
| Family: | Sirobasidiaceae |
| Genus: | Sirobasidium Lagerh. & Pat. (1892) |
| Type species | |
| Sirobasidium sanguineum Lagerh. & Pat. (1892) | |
| Species | |
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Sirobasidium albidum | |
Sirobasidium is a genus of fungi in the order Tremellales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are gelatinous and appear to be parasitic on ascomycetous fungi on wood. Microscopically they are distinguished by producing septate basidia in chains which give rise to deciduous sterigmata. Species are distributed worldwide.