Laurobasidium
| Laurobasidium | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Exobasidiomycetes |
| Order: | Exobasidiales |
| Family: | Exobasidiaceae |
| Genus: |
Laurobasidium Jülich |
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Laurobasidium lauri (Geyl.) Jülich |
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Laurobasidium is a genus of fungi in the Exobasidiaceae family. The genus contains two species. One is Laurobasidium lauri, found in Europe and described by W. Jülich in 1982, and another is L. hachijoense, found in Hachijō-jima, Japan and described in 1985.
L. lauri grows solely on the Canary Island Laurel, Laurus azorica. L. hachijoense grows solely on the Japanese cinnamon, Cinnamomum japonicum .
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