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Asterina (fungus)

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Family
  
Asterinaceae

Higher classification
  
Asterinaceae

Order
  
Incertae sedis

Division
  
Ascomycota

Scientific name
  
Asterina

Rank
  
Genus

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Asterina is a large genus of fungi in the Asterinaceae family. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the class is unknown (incertae sedis), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any order. The genus was circumscribed by French mycologist Joseph-Henri Léveillé in 1845.

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Asterina (fungus) Wikipedia