Piloderma

Piloderma
Piloderma bicolor
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Piloderma

Jülich (1969)
Type species
Piloderma bicolor
(Peck) Jülich (1969)
Species

P. bicolor
P. byssinum
P. lanatum
P. lapillicola
P. olivaceum
P. 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.