Biology:Calathella
Calathella is a genus of fungi in the mushroom family Marasmiaceae.[1]
Description
The genus contains fungi that produce small tubular or cup-shaped cyphelloid fruit bodies. The fruit bodies are characterized by encrusted surface hairs with rounded tips, uniform basidia (swollen at the base), and spores that range in shape from oblong-elliptical to cylindrical.[2]
Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed by the English mycologist Derek Reid in 1964.[3] According to the Dictionary of the Fungi (10th edition, 2008), the genus contains nine species found in Europe and North America.[1]
In 2025, a new mangrove-associated species of Calathella was described in Thailand and named C. sirindhorniae after princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn.[4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. 2008. p. 110. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. https://archive.org/details/dictionaryfungit00kirk.
- ↑ "Calathella columbiana (Basidiomycota): new record of a cyphelloid fungus from Brazil". Mycotaxon 105: 37–42. 2008. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59575/0105/0037.htm.
- ↑ Reid DA. (1964). "Notes on some fungi of Michigan-I. Cyphellaceae". Persoonia 3 (1): 97–154. https://www.narcis.nl/publication/RecordID/oai:naturalis.nl:532026.
- ↑ Lueangjaroenkit, Piyangkun; Sahathippayakul, Ananya; Supapongsri, Vassana; Aowpitak, Thithawat; Sangrattanaprasert, Jiroat; Ngernsaengsaruay, Chatchai; Pinruan, Umpawa (2025-11-17). "Calathella sirindhorniae (Agaricales, Basidiomycota), A New Cyphelloid Fungus from Thailand" (in en). Tropical Natural History (8): 460–471. doi:10.58837/tnh.25.8.267354. ISSN 2586-9892. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/tnh/article/view/267354.
- ↑ Pskhun (2025-12-18). "Species New to Science: [Fungi • 2025 Calathella sirindhorniae (Basidiomycota: Agaricales) • A New Cyphelloid Fungus from Thailand"]. https://novataxa.blogspot.com/2025/12/calathella.html.
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