''Radulotubus'' is a monotypic genus of corticioid or crust fungi in the family Radulomycetaceae containing the single

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species ''Radulotubus resupinatus.'' This species was found in Yunnan province, China and formally classified in 2016. The specimen was found growing on the fallen trunk of an

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. It was originally placed in the family ''

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'' and noted to be closesly related with '' Aphanobasidium'' and '' Radulomyces.'' A major reclassification of the ''

'' family occurred in 2020 and the genera '' Aphanobasidium'', '' Radulomyces'' and ''Radulotubus'' were moved to a new family, '' Radulomycetaceae'' by the mycologists Caio A. Leal-Dutra,

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and Gareth W. Griffith.

Etymology

''Resupinatus'' refers to the resupinate fruiting bodies (upward facing gills which can be considered 'upside down').

Species

Species in the genus include:

References

Monotypic Agaricales genera Taxa described in 2016 Fungi of China Agaricales {{Agaricales-stub