Biology:Multiclavula ichthyiformis
| Multiclavula ichthyiformis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Cantharellales |
| Family: | Hydnaceae |
| Genus: | Multiclavula |
| Species: | M. ichthyiformis
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| Multiclavula ichthyiformis Nelsen, Lücking, L.Umaña, Trest & Will-Wolf (2007)
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Multiclavula ichthyiformis is a species of terricolous (ground-dwelling) basidiolichen in the family Hygrophoraceae. Found in Costa Rica, it was formally described as a new species in 2007 by Matthew Nelsen, Robert Lücking, Loengrin Umaña, Marie Trest, and Susan Will-Wolf. The type collection was collected in the Macizo de la Muerte section of Tapantí National Park (Cartago Province) at an elevation of 2,700 m (8,900 ft). Here, in a disturbed high-altitude peat bog in a rainforest, it was found growing on the ground along a brook and a road bank.[1]
The thallus of Multiclavula ichthyiformis is barely discernible as a greenish layer on the soil up to 5 cm (2 in) across, containing colonies of green algae (the photobiont, from the genus Coccomyxa)) and fungal hyphae. The fruit bodies are fleshy, unbranched, and lanceolate, with a fishtail-like lamina. The species epithet ichthyiformis refers to this latter feature. Its basidiospores are smooth and spherical, thin-walled and hyaline, and measure 4–6 μm in diameter. Other ground-dwelling lichens that were prevalent in this habitat included Cladia aggregata, Cladonia confusa, Dictyonema glabratum, Icmadophila aversa, Phyllobaeis imbricata, and Siphula ceratites.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nelsen, M.P.; Lücking, R.; Umaña, L.; Trest, M.T.; Will-Wolf, S.; Chaves, J.L.; Gar-Gas, A. (2007). "Multiclavula ichthyoclavula (Fungi: Basidiomycota: Cantharellales: Clavulinaceae), a remarkable new basidiolichen from Costa Rica". American Journal of Botany 94: 1289–1296. doi:10.3732/ajb.94.8.1289. PMID 21636495.
Wikidata ☰ Q108069745 entry
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