Species

Nidula niveotomentosa (Woolly bird’s nest fungus)

Nidula niveotomentosa. Photo: (c) Stacie Wolny, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA)

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Nidula is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae. Their fruit bodies resemble tiny egg-filled birds’ nests, from which they derive their common name “bird’s nest fungi”. Originally described in 1902, the genus differs from the related genera Cyathus and Crucibulum by the absence of a cord that attaches the eggs to the inside of the fruit body. The life cycle of this genus allows it to reproduce both sexually, with meiosis, and asexually via…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
        Order: Agaricales (Common gilled mushrooms and allies)
        Suborder: Agaricineae
        Family: Nidulariaceae (Bird’s nest fungi)
        Genus: Nidula
        Species: Nidula niveotomentosa (Woolly bird’s nest fungus)

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