Nia (fungus)

Nia
Nia vibrissa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Niaceae
Genus:
R.T. Moore & Meyers
Type species
Nia vibrissa
R.T. Moore & Meyers
Other species
  • Nia epidermoidea
  • Nia globispora

Nia is a genus of fungi in the family Niaceae. The genus contains three species adapted to a marine environment. All are wood-rotting fungi, producing small, gasteroid basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on driftwood, submerged timber, mangrove wood, and similar substrates. The type species, Nia vibrissa, is widespread in temperate and tropical seas.[1]

References

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.


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