Myrmecopterula moniliformis

Myrmecopterula moniliformis
Myrmecopterula moniliformis with infertile bead like fruiting bodies
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Pterulaceae
Genus: Myrmecopterula
Species:
M. moniliformis
Binomial name
Myrmecopterula moniliformis
(Henn.) Leal-Dutra, Dentinger & G.W. Griff (2020)
Synonyms

Lachnocladium moniliforme Henn. (1904)
Pterula moniliformis Corner (1952)
Thelephora clavarioides Torrend (1914)

Myrmecopterula moniliformis is a species of fungus in the family Pterulaceae and is the type species of the genus Myrmecopterula. It is associated with fungi cultivating ants of the genus Apterostigma.