Cirsosia
Encyclopedia
Cirsosia is a genus
of fungi in the Asterinaceae
family. The relationship of this taxon
to other taxa within the class
is unknown (incertae sedis
), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any order
.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of fungi in the Asterinaceae
Asterinaceae
The Asterinaceae are a family of fungi with an uncertain taxonomic placement in the class Dothideomycetes.- Genera :This is a list of genera within the Asterinaceae family, according to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota...
family. The relationship of this taxon
Taxon
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to other taxa within the class
Class (biology)
In biological classification, class is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, order, family, genus, and species, with class fitting between phylum and order...
is unknown (incertae sedis
Incertae sedis
, is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...
), and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any order
Order (biology)
In scientific classification used in biology, the order is# a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, family, genus, and species, with order fitting in between class and family...
.