Cystodermella
| Cystodermella | |
|---|---|
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| Cystodermella cinnabarina | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Phylum: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Agaricaceae |
| Genus: | Cystodermella Harmaja |
| Type species | |
| Cystodermella granulosa (Batsch) Harmaja | |
Cystodermella is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae.
The genus comprises approximately 12 species, noted for producing agaric fruiting bodies, bearing a cap, white gills and stem with a fine, ephemeral ring. The genus was devised by Harmaja in 2002, dividing the older genus Cystoderma into three independent genera: Cystoderma, Ripartitella and Cystodermella largely on the basis of microscopic differences. Cystodermella species bear non-amyloid spores and sometimes cystidia. The spores, in contrast to Ripartitella are not echinulate.
Species of the genus have a saprotrophic mode of nutrition, and occur around the world.
List of species
Below is an incomplete list of Cystodermella species.
- Cystodermella adnatifolia
- Cystodermella ambrosii
- Cystodermella cinnabarina
- Cystodermella contusifolia
- Cystodermella cristallifera
- Cystodermella elegans
- Cystodermella granulosa
- Cystodermella japonica
- Cystodermella myriadocystis
- Cystodermella subpurpurea
Resources
- Saar I., Põldmaa K., Kõljalg U. (2009). "The phylogeny and taxonomy of genera Cystoderma and Cystodermella (Agaricales) based on nuclear ITS and LSU sequences". Mycological Progress 8 (1): 59–73. doi:10.1007/s11557-008-0578-9.