Laurobasidium

Laurobasidium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Basidiomycota
Class: Exobasidiomycetes
Order: Exobasidiales
Family: Exobasidiaceae
Genus: Laurobasidium
Jülich
Type species
Laurobasidium lauri
(Geyl.) Jülich

Laurobasidium is a genus of fungi in the Exobasidiaceae family. The genus is monotypic, and contains the single species Laurobasidium lauri, found in Europe and described by W. Jülich in 1982.[1] It grows solely on the Canary Island Laurel, Laurus azorica.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Jülich, W. (1982). "On Exobasidium lauri". International Journal of Mycology and Lichenology. 1 (1): 117–20.
  2. ↑ Thomas, Peter A.; Packham, John R. (2007). Ecology of woodlands and forests : description, dynamics and diversity. Cambridge [u.a.]: Cambridge Univ. Press. p. 32. ISBN 0521542316.
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