Biology:Hericium bembedjaense

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Short description: Species of fungus

Hericium bembedjaense
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Russulales
Family: Hericiaceae
Genus: Hericium
Species:
H. bembedjaense
Binomial name
Hericium bembedjaense
Jumbam & Aime, 2019

Hericium bembedjaense is a species of fungus in the family Hericiaceae native to Cameroon, first described by Blaise Jumbam and Mary Catherine Aime in 2019, based on specimens from Dja Biosphere Reserve. It is found growing on Gilbertiodendron dewevrei and can be differentiated from other H. coralloides complex species by substrate and geographical range.[1] It is the only Hericium species that has pleurocystidia.

References

  1. Jumbam, Blaise; Haelewaters, Danny; Koch, Rachel A.; Dentinger, Bryn T. M.; Henkel, Terry W.; Aime, M. Catherine (October 2019). "A new and unusual species of Hericium (Basidiomycota: Russulales, Hericiaceae) from the Dja Biosphere Reserve, Cameroon" (in en). Mycological Progress 18 (10): 1253–1262. doi:10.1007/s11557-019-01530-1. ISSN 1617-416X. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336926773. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q107739272 entry