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Marasmius midnapurensis

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Kingdom
  
Fungi

Class
  
Agaricomycetes

Family
  
Marasmiaceae

Rank
  
Species

Division
  
Basidiomycota

Order
  
Agaricales

Genus
  
Marasmius

Marasmius midnapurensis is a species of agaric fungus in the family Marasmiaceae that was first described scientifically in 2014. It is known only from its type locality, in the Midnapur district of West Bengal (India), where it grows on the dried leaves and wood of Acacia. Phylogenetic analysis of the internal transcribed spacer DNA suggests that the fungus is a species distinct from close relatives such as M. jasminodorus and M. aurantioferrugineus, and that it should be classified in Marasmius section Sicci.

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Marasmius midnapurensis Wikipedia