Dissoderma paradoxum
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| Species: | S. paradoxa
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| Squamanita paradoxa | |
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Cystoderma paradoxum A.H.Sm. & Singer (1948) | |
Squamanita paradoxa, commonly known as powdercap strangler, is a species of fungus in the family Tricholomataceae. It is a parasitic fungus that grows as a gall on another fungus, Cystoderma amianthinum.[3] The species was first described as Cystoderma paradoxum by American mycologists Alexander H. Smith and Rolf Singer in 1948, based on specimens collected in Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon.[4] Cornelis Bas transferred the species to the genus Squamanita in 1965.[5] In 2011, it was reported from Worcestershire, UK.[3]
References
- ^ Singer R. (1973). "Diagnoses fungorum novorum Agaricalium III". Beihefte zur Sydowia. 7: 1–106 (see p. 69).
- ^ "Squamanita paradoxa (A.H. Sm. & Singer) Bas 1965". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
- ^ a b Brett Westwood. "Powdercap strangler: Rare fungi found in UK garden". Nature Features. BBC Natural History Unit. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
- ^ Smith AH, Singer R. (1948). "Notes on the genus Cystoderma". Mycologia. 40 (4): 454–60. doi:10.2307/3755152.
- ^ Bas C. (1965). "The genus Squamanita". Persoonia. 3: 331–59.