Aleuria is a genus of cup fungi within the phylum Ascomycota. The best known species is Orange peel fungus, A. aurantia.
Aleuria species are saprobes.
Description
- This genus is distinguished by the lack of gills, and epigeous nature.
- The ascospores are distinctly .
- Species are typically (but not always) bright in color.
- ascocarps are typically over 1 cm in diameter.
Species
References
- C.J. Alexopolous, Charles W. Mims, M. Blackwell et al., Introductory Mycology, 4th ed. (John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken NJ, 2004)