Sarcomyxa

Sarcomyxa is a small genus of agaricoid fungi in the Sarcomyxaceae.^[1] Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are shelf-like and grow on wood. Sarcomyxa edulis is commercially cultivated for food in Asia.^[2]

Sarcomyxa
Sarcomyxa serotina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Sarcomyxaceae Olariaga, Huhtinen, Læssøe, J.H. Petersen & K. Hansen (2020)
Genus:	Sarcomyxa P. Karst. (1891)
Type species
Sarcomyxa serotina (Pers.) P. Karst. (1891)

Sarcomyxa serotina

The genus is the only member of Sarcomyxaceae, a classification established as a result of molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences.^[1]

Species

• Sarcomyxa baishanzuensis
• Sarcomyxa edulis
• Sarcomyxa ochracea
• Sarcomyxa serotina

See also

• List of Agaricales genera
• List of Agaricales families