Kingdom Fungi Subdivision Pezizomycotina Order Thelebolales Rank Genus | Division Ascomycota Class Leotiomycetes Family Thelebolaceae | |
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Similar Thelebolales, Thecotheus, Thelephora anthocephala, Taphrina padi, Tarzetta cupularis | ||
Thelebolus fungi kingdom
Thelebolus is a genus of fungi in the Thelebolaceae family. Some members include certain dung-inhabiting species which have had to evolve in response to the double challenge of extreme cold while growing on dung, and the need to survive passage through the gut of warm-blooded animals.
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Thelebolus stercoreus fungi kingdom
References
Thelebolus Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA