The genus Loramyces, an ascomycete from the class Leotiomycetes, contains two aquatic species, L. junicola (1), and L. macrosporus (2). Both species are saprophytes found growing on submerged, decaying plants (3). L. juncicola was sequenced as part of the 1000 Fungal Genomes Project.
References
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- Ingold CT, Chapman B. (1952). "Aquatic ascomycetes: Loramyces juncicola Weston and L. macrospora n. sp". Transactions of the British Mycological Society 35 (4): 268-72.
- Cannon PF, Kirk PM. (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford: CABI. p. 193.