Piloderma

Piloderma
	Piloderma bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Atheliales
Family:	Atheliaceae
Genus:	Piloderma; Jülich (1969)
Type species
	Piloderma bicolor; (Peck) Jülich (1969)
Species
	P. bicolor; P. byssinum; P. lanatum; P. lapillicola; P. olivaceum; P. sphaerosporum

Piloderma is a genus of fungi in the family Atheliaceae. The distinguishing characteristics of Piloderma are the thick-walled (roughly 0.25 µm) basidiospores, the club-shaped basidia with stalk-like bases, and the clampless-septate hyphae.^[2] The widespread genus contains six species.^[3]

Ecology[edit]

Piloderma is known to be a key ectomycorrhizal species in conifer forests, assisting in nitrogen recycling and assimilation.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Jülich W (1969). "Über die Gattungen Piloderma gen. nov. und Subulicystidium Parm. (Corticiaceae, Aphyllophorales, Basidiomycetes)". Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft (in German). 81: 414–21.
^ Maekawa N (1993). "Taxonomic study of Japanese Corticiaceae (Aphyllophorales). I". Report of the Tottori Mycological Institute. 31: 1–149 (see p. 34).
^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 538. ISBN 9780851998268.
^ Heinonsalo J, Sun H, Santalahti M, Bäcklund K, Hari P, Pumpanen J (2015-07-01). "Evidences on the Ability of Mycorrhizal Genus Piloderma to Use Organic Nitrogen and Deliver It to Scots Pine". PLOS ONE. 10 (7): e0131561. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1031561H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131561. PMC 4489387. PMID 26132469.

External links[edit]

Piloderma in Index Fungorum

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[Julich1969-1] Jülich W (1969). "Über die Gattungen Piloderma gen. nov. und Subulicystidium Parm. (Corticiaceae, Aphyllophorales, Basidiomycetes)". Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft (in German). 81: 414–21.

[Maekawa1993-2] Maekawa N (1993). "Taxonomic study of Japanese Corticiaceae (Aphyllophorales). I". Report of the Tottori Mycological Institute. 31: 1–149 (see p. 34).

[Kirk2008-3] Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 538. ISBN 9780851998268.

[4] Heinonsalo J, Sun H, Santalahti M, Bäcklund K, Hari P, Pumpanen J (2015-07-01). "Evidences on the Ability of Mycorrhizal Genus Piloderma to Use Organic Nitrogen and Deliver It to Scots Pine". PLOS ONE. 10 (7): e0131561. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1031561H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131561. PMC 4489387. PMID 26132469.

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