Basidiodendron

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Basidiodendron
Basidiodendron caesiocinereum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Auriculariales
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Basidiodendron
Rick (1938)
Type species
Basidiodendron luteogriseum
Rick (1938)

Basidiodendron is a genus of fungi in the order Auriculariales. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are corticioid, thin, effused and are typically found on fallen wood. The genus is widespread in both temperate and tropical regions and contains over 30 species.

Taxonomy[edit]

The genus was introduced for a single species by Brazilian mycologist Johannes Rick in 1938, but its modern interpretation was established by Canadian mycologist E. Robena Luck-Allen in 1963. She placed a number of species previously referred to Bourdotia into Basidiodendron based microscopically on their septate basidia, the presence of gloeocystidia, and the production of basidia on distinctive "involucrate" stalks.[1]

Molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has substantially supported Luck-Allen's circumscription of Basidiodendron, though the less typical, larger-spored species remain as yet unsequenced.[2][3]

Species[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Luck-Allen ER (1963). "The genus Basidiodendron". Canadian Journal of Botany. 41 (7): 1025–1052. doi:10.1139/b63-087.
  2. ^ Spirin V, Malysheva V, Mendes-Alvarenga RL, Kotiranta H, Larsson KH (2020). "Studies in Basidiodendron eyrei and similar-looking taxa (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota)". Botany. 98 (11): 623–638. doi:10.1139/cjb-2020-0045. hdl:10138/323989. S2CID 228980051.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ Spirin V, Malysheva V, Schoutteten N, Viner I, Miettinen O. Nordén J, Ryvarden L, Kotiranta H, Verbeken A, Weiß M, Larsson KH (2021). "Studies in the Basidiodendron caesiocinereum complex (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota)". Mycol Progress. 20 (10): 1275–1296. doi:10.1007/s11557-021-01724-6. hdl:1854/LU-8759791.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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