Sarea

Sarea is a genus of small, non-lichenized, inoperculate,^[1] discomycete fungi in the family Zythiaceae.^[2][3] Sarea species are found growing on the resin of conifers in the Cupressaceae and Pinaceae in the Northern Hemisphere.^[1] Two species in the genus are readily distinguishable from each other: apothecia of Sarea difformis are black, while those of Sarea resinae are orange in color.^[1]

Sarea
Sarea resinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Sareomycetes
Order:	Sareales
Family:	Zythiaceae
Genus:	Sarea Fr. (1825)
Type species
Sarea difformis (Fr.) Fr. (1828)

Species

• Sarea coeloplata (Norman) J.K.Mitch., Garrido-Ben. & Quijada (2021)^[4]
• Sarea difformis (Fr.) Fr. (1828)
• Sarea resinae (Fr.) Kuntze (1898)