Shiraia bambusicola

Taxobox
name = "Shiraia bambusicola"


image_width = 240px
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Ascomycota
classis = Dothideomycetes
subclassis = Dothideomycetidae
ordo = Dothideales
familia = incertae sedis
genus = "Shiraia"
species = "S. bambusicola"
binomial = "Shiraia bambusicola"
binomial_authority = P. Henn. 1900

"Shiraia bambusicola" is a parasitic fungus on twigs of several genera of bamboos, and its relatively large stromata are used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is widely distributed in many provinces of Southern China and also in Japan.

The genus "Shiraia", named after Dr. Mitsutaro Shirai, was first established and proposed as a member of the family Nectriaceae by P. Hennings in 1900cite journal| author= Hennings, P.| title= Fungi japonici| journal=Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie| volume=28| issue=3| pages=273–280| year=1900| url=http://www.botanicus.org/item/31753002220942] [cite book | title=Sylloge Fungorum| author=Saccardo, P.A.; Sydow, P.| date=1902| edition=XVI| page=p. 600| url=http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/02971/index.htm] .

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