Squamanita paradoxa

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Squamanita paradoxa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Tricholomataceae
Genus:
Squamanita
Species:
S. paradoxa
Binomial name
Squamanita paradoxa
(A.H.Sm. & Singer) Bas (1965)
Synonyms[2]

Cystoderma paradoxum A.H.Sm. & Singer (1948)
Dissoderma paradoxum (A.H.Sm. & Singer) Singer (1973)[1]

Squamanita paradoxa, commonly known as powdercap strangler, is a species of fungus in the family Tricholomataceae. It is a parasitic fungus that grows as a gall on another fungus, Cystoderma amianthinum.[3] The species was first described as Cystoderma paradoxum by American mycologists Alexander H. Smith and Rolf Singer in 1948, based on specimens collected in Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon.[4] Cornelis Bas transferred the species to the genus Squamanita in 1965.[5] In 2011, it was reported from Worcestershire, UK.[3]

References[]

  1. ^ Singer R. (1973). "Diagnoses fungorum novorum Agaricalium III". Beihefte zur Sydowia. 7: 1–106 (see p. 69).
  2. ^ "Squamanita paradoxa (A.H. Sm. & Singer) Bas 1965". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 12 December 2011.
  3. ^ a b Brett Westwood. "Powdercap strangler: Rare fungi found in UK garden". Nature Features. BBC Natural History Unit. Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  4. ^ Smith AH, Singer R. (1948). "Notes on the genus Cystoderma". Mycologia. 40 (4): 454–60. doi:10.2307/3755152. JSTOR 3755152.
  5. ^ Bas C. (1965). "The genus Squamanita". Persoonia. 3: 331–59.

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