| Banksiamyces toomansis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Leotiomycetes |
| Order: | Helotiales |
| Family: | Helotiaceae |
| Genus: | Banksiamyces |
| Species: | B. toomansis |
| Binomial name | |
| Banksiamyces toomansis (Berk. & Broome) G.W.Beaton (1982) |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Tympanis toomansis Berk. & Broome (1886) |
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Banksiamyces toomansis is a species of fungus in the Helotiaceae family. It was first described as Tympanis toomansis by Miles Joseph Berkeley and Christopher Edmund Broome in 1886,[2] and transferred to the genus Encoelia in 1957 by R.W.G. Dennis.[3] Gordon William Beaton transferred it to Banksiamyces in 1982. The fungus grows on dead Banksia cones, and has a distribution limited to Australia.[4]
The type collection of B. toomansis was found on a cone of Banksia marginata on the banks of the Tooma River of New South Wales.[2][4] It has also been recovered from a cone of Banksia sphaerocarpa from near Busselton in Western Australia, B. nutans, B. pulchella, B. speciosa, and B. occidentalis, all from Mount Merivale, 20 km (12 mi) east of Esperance, B. baxteri cultivated at Cranbourne Botanic Gardens, B. integrifolia from the Blue Mountains, and B. marginata from Kangaroo Island.[5] Synonyms include Tympanis toomansis Berk. & Br., and Encoelia toomansis (Berk. & Br.). Its ascospores can range in shape from elliptical to cylindrical, and have dimensions of 6–10 by 2.5–3 µm.[6]