Piloderma

For the class of skin diseases, see Pyoderma.

Piloderma
Piloderma bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Atheliales
Family: Atheliaceae
Genus: Piloderma
Jülich (1969)
Type species
Piloderma bicolor
(Peck) Jülich (1969)
Species

Piloderma bicolor
Piloderma byssinum
Piloderma lanatum
Piloderma lapillicola
Piloderma olivaceum
Piloderma sphaerosporum

Piloderma is a genus of fungi in the family Atheliaceae. The distinguishing characteristics of Piloderma are the thick-walled (roughly 0.25 μm) basidiospores, the club-shaped basidia with stalk-like bases, and the clampless-septate hyphae. The widespread genus contains six species.

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