Aleuria

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 reticulate.
• 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) ISBN 0-471-52229-5