Ceratomyces [SEP] parent taxon
Ceratomyces
Ceratomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Ceratomycetaceae. There are approximately 20 identified species for this genus, with most species occurring on "Tropisternus" (Hydrophilidae, Coleoptera) from America. According to Tavares and Shen "et al." The genus is characterized by a receptacle of usually 3–4 cells, outer wall cells flattened in alternate vertical rows, other 2 rows with subequal or conspicuously longer and narrower cells, rows usually appearing 3 across, wall cell tiers usually 20 or more (rarely as few as
Taxon in disguise
In bacteriology, a taxon in disguise is a species, genus or higher unit of biological classification whose evolutionary history reveals has evolved from another unit of similar or lower rank, making the parent unit paraphyletic. This happens when rapid evolution makes a new species appear radically different from the ancestral group, so that it is not (initially) recognised as belonging to the parent phylogenetic group, leaving the latter an evolutionary grade.
While the term is from bacteriology, parallel examples are found throughout the tree of