Biology:Tremellochaete

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Tremellochaete
Tremellochaete novozealandica.jpg
Tremellochaete novozealandica
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Auriculariales
Family: Auriculariaceae
Genus: Tremellochaete
Raitv. (1964)
Type species
Tremellochaete japonica
(Lloyd) Raitv. (1964)
Species
  • T. atlantica
  • T. cerradensis
  • T. ciliata
  • T. hispidula
  • T. japonica
  • T. nigerrima
  • T. novozealandica

Tremellochaete is a genus of fungi in the family Auriculariaceae.[1] Species produce pustular or lobed, effused, gelatinous basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on wood, typically covered in small sterile spines or pegs.

Taxonomy

The genus was originally created in 1964 by Estonian mycologist Ain Raitviir to accommodate Tremellochaete japonica, a species that appeared morphologically intermediate between the older genera Exidia and Heterochaete. Tremellochaete was subsequently treated as a synonym of Exidia by some authors[2] until shown to be distinct as a result of molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences.[3] Several additional species have now been referred to Tremellochaete.[4]

References

  1. "Fungal diversity notes 1151–1276: taxonomic and phylogenetic contributions on genera and species of fungal taxa". Fungal Diversity 100: 5–277. 2020. doi:10.1007/s13225-020-00439-5. 
  2. "Heterobasidiomycetes from Brunei Darussalam". Kew Bulletin 97 (3): 631–650. 1998. doi:10.2307/4110483. 
  3. "Taxonomy and phylogeny of the Auriculariales (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) with stereoid basidiocarps". Fungal Biology 8: 689–715. 2017. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2017.05.001. 
  4. "Two new genera and six other novelties in Heterochaete sensu lato (Auriculariales, Basidiomycota)". Botany 97: 439–451. 2019. doi:10.1139/cjb-2019-0046. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q55659056 entry