Gilbertsonia

Gilbertsonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Polyporales
Family: Fomitopsidaceae
Genus: Gilbertsonia
Parmasto (2001)
Type species
Gilbertsonia angulipora
(M.J.Larsen & Lombard) Parmasto (2001)
Synonyms
  • Fibroporia angulopora M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1983)[1]
  • Oligoporus anguloporus (M.J.Larsen & Lombard) Gilb. & Ryvarden (1985)[2]
  • Postia angulopora (M.J.Larsen & Lombard) M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1986)[3]

Gilbertsonia is a fungal genus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single brown rot species Gilbertsonia angulipora, found in the United States. Gilbertsonia is characterized by a dimitic hyphal system with clamped generative and well-developed binding hyphae. The generic name honors mycologist Robert Lee Gilbertson.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Larsen MJ, Lombard FF. (1983). "Fibroporia angulopora, a new species (Aphyllophorales, Polyporaceae) associated with brown-rot of Pseudotsuga menziesii residue in Western Oregon". Mycologia 75 (4): 623–7. doi:10.2307/3792991.
  2. ↑ Gilbertson RL, Ryvarden L. "Some new combinations in Polyporaceae". Mycotaxon 22 (2): 363–5.
  3. ↑ Larsen MJ, Lombard FF. (1986). "New combinations in the genus Postia Fr. (Polyporaceae)". Mycotaxon 26: 271–3.
  4. ↑ Parmasto E. (2001). "Gilbertsonia, a new genus of polypores (Hymenomycetes, Basidiomycota)". Harvard Papers in Botany 6 (1): 179–82. JSTOR 41761640.

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