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Pyronema
Scientific name: Pyronema
Pyronema
Scientific name: Pyronema
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Description
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Individual taxa may be sessile to shortly stipitate, cupulate, discoid (disc-shaped), pulvinate (cushion-shaped), or with turbinate (turban-shaped) epigeous pyronema. Also, taxa may be sub-hypogeous to hypogeous with closed, folded, or solid pyronema. Pyronema may range in size from less than 1.02 mm up to 11 cm diameter, and may be brightly colored due to carotenoid pigments. Genera of the pyronema lack unifying macroscopic or microscopic characteristics; this lack of uniting characters has led various authors to propose a variety of classification schemes.
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Species of Pyronema
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Scientific Classification
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