Brunneocorticium

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Brunneocorticium
Brunneocorticium corynecarpon 580927.jpg
Brunneocorticium corynecarpon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Marasmiaceae
Genus:
Brunneocorticium

Sheng H. Wu (2007)
Type species
Brunneocorticium pyriforme
Sheng H. Wu (2007)
Species



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Brunneocorticium is a genus of fungi which following DNA analysis has been placed in the family Marasmiaceae. The genus, described in 2007, contains two corticioid species and one species (B. corynecarpon) which does not seem to have any fruiting body.[2][3][1][4]

Whilst B. bisporum is a crust fungus, B. corynecarpon is known only from its sterile flat mycelial threads (rhizomorphs) which spread in the rain-forest canopy with their knobby side-shoots. They trap leaf-litter and harm the shrubs and trees on which they grow, as well as sometimes being used by birds as nesting material. B. corynecarpon has been observed in Suriname, Belize, Guyana, Peru and Brazil.[1]


References[]

  1. ^ a b c Koch RA, Lodge DJ, Sourell S, Nakasone K, McCoy AG, Aime MC (2018). "Tying up loose threads: revised taxonomy and phylogeny of an avian-dispersed Neotropical rhizomorph-forming fungus". Mycological Progress. 17 (9). doi:10.1007/s11557-018-1411-8. Also available freely.
  2. ^ Wu SH, Wang DM, Tschen E (2007). "Brunneocorticium pyriforme, a new corticioid fungal genus and species belonging to the euagarics clade". Mycologia. 99 (2): 302–309. doi:10.3852/mycologia.99.2.302. PMID 17682783.
  3. ^ Nakasone KK, Hibbett DS, Goranova G (2009). "Neocampanella, a new corticioid fungal genus, and a note on Dendrothele bispora". Botany. 87 (9): 875–882. doi:10.1139/B09-046.
  4. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 104. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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