Nia (fungus)

Nia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Subphylum:	Agaricomycotina
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Subclass:	Agaricomycetidae
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Niaceae
Genus:	Nia R.T. Moore & Meyers
Type species
Nia vibrissa R.T. Moore & Meyers
Other species
Nia epidermoidea Nia globispora

Nia is a genus of fungi in the family Niaceae. The genus contains three species adapted to a marine environment. All are wood-rotting fungi, producing small, gasteroid basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on driftwood, submerged timber, mangrove wood, and similar substrates. The type species, Nia vibrissa, is widespread in temperate and tropical seas.^[1]

References

1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi. (10th ed.). Wallingford: CABI. p. 468. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 

External links

• Nia (fungus) in Index Fungorum.