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Platycarpa

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Platycarpa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Platygloeales
Family: Eocronartiaceae
Genus: Platycarpa
Species:
P. polypodii
Binomial name
Platycarpa polypodii
(Couch) Couch (1949)
Synonyms

Septobasidium polypodii Couch (1929)

Platycarpa is a genus of fungus in the order Platygloeales,[1] containing the single species Platycarpa polypodii. The species forms effused basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on ferns, on which it is parasitic.

The known host for Platycarpa polypodii is a fern in the genus Polypodium.[2] The fungus parasitizes host leaves, producing basidiocarps as small whitish patches covering the sori. Microscopically, the basidia are auricularioid (tubular with lateral septa) and emerge from thin-walled probasidia. The species was originally described by American mycologist John N. Couch based on a collection from Jamaica.[2] A second species, Platycarpa boliviensis, is now considered a synonym of Ptechetelium cyatheae.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bauer R, Begerow D, Sampaio JP, Weiss M, Oberwinkler F (2006). "The simple-septate basidiomycetes: a synopsis". Mycological Progress. 5 (1): 41–66. doi:10.1007/s11557-006-0502-0.
  2. ^ a b c Oberwinkler F, Bandoni R (1984). "Herpobasidium and allied genera". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 83 (4): 639–658. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(84)80184-9.