Nothojafnea
| Nothojafnea | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Pyronemataceae |
| Genus: | Nothojafnea Rifai (1968) |
| Type species | |
| Nothojafnea cryptotricha Rifai (1968) | |
| Species | |
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Nothojafnea cryptotricha | |
Nothojafnea is a genus of two species of cup fungi. It was originally described by Indonesian mycologist Mien Achmad Rifai in 1968 to contain the type species Nothojafnea cryptotricha, found in Australia.[1] N. thaxteri, known from Chile and Argentina, was added to the genus in 1971.[2] Both species are thought to be ectomycorrhizal; N. cryptotricha associates with Myrtaceae, while N. thaxteri is found with Nothofagus.[3]
Nothojafnea is traditionally classified in the family Pyronemataceae,[4] due to its ornamented spores and apothecial hairs.[1] Recent molecular evidence suggests that the South American N. thaxteri represents an early diverging lineage in the Tuberaceae, closely related to the Australasian genera Reddellomyces, Labyrinthomyces, and Dingleya.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Rifai MA. (1968). "The Australian Pezizales in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew". Verhandelingen Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde 57 (3): 93.
- ↑ Gamundí I. (1971). "Algunos Discomycetes de Chile" (PDF). Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica (in Spanish) 13 (4): 260–89.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bonito G, Smith ME, Nowak M, Healy RA, Guevara G et al. (2013). "Historical biogeography and diversification of truffles in the Tuberaceae and their newly identified Southern Hemisphere sister lineage". PLoS ONE 8 (1): e52765. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052765.
- ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA. (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 473. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.