Sarea is a
genus of small, non-lichenized, inoperculate,[1] discomycete
fungi in the family
Zythiaceae.[2][3]Sarea species are found growing on the resin of conifers in the
Cupressaceae and
Pinaceae in the Northern Hemisphere.[1] Two species in the genus are readily distinguishable from each other: apothecia of Sarea difformis are black, while those of Sarea resinae are orange in color.[1]
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abcHawksworth, D.L.; Sherwood, M.A. (1981). "A reassessment of three widespread resinicolous discomycetes". Canadian Journal of Botany. 59 (3): 357–372.
doi:
10.1139/b81-049.
^Mitchell, J.K.; Quijada, L. (2020). "(2762) Proposal to conserve the name Cytospora resinae (Zythia resinae) with a conserved type (Ascomycota)". Taxon. 69 (5): 1102–1103.
doi:
10.3158/1557.1.
S2CID86529508.