Biology:Resinogalea

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Short description: Single-species fungus genus

Resinogalea
Scientific classification edit
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Rikkinen & A.R.Schmidt (2016)
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Binomial name
Resinogalea humboldtensis
Rikkinen & A.R.Schmidt (2016)

Resinogalea is a single-species fungus genus in the family Bruceomycetaceae. Both the genus and its species Resinogalea humboldtensis were described as new to science in 2016 by Jouko Rikkinen and Alexander Schmidt. The fungus, found in New Caledonia, grows on the semi-hardened resin exuded by the endemic tree species Araucaria humboldtensis.[1]

References

  1. Rikkinen, Jouko; Beimforde, Christina; Seyfullah, Leyla J.; Perrichot, Vincent; Schmidt, Kerstin; Schmidt, Alexander R. (2016). "Resinogalea humboldtensis gen. et sp. nov., a new resinicolous fungus from New Caledonia, placed in Bruceomycetaceae fam. nova (Ascomycota)". Annales Botanici Fennici 53 (3–4): 205–215. doi:10.5735/085.053.0408. 

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