Xenasma umbonatum (G. Cunn.) Hjortstam 1995

Details

Name scientific

Xenasma umbonatum (G. Cunn.) Hjortstam, Mycotaxon 54 192 (1995)

Preferred name

Cunninghammyces umbonatus (G. Cunn.) Stalpers 1985

Nomenclature

Combination authors

Hjortstam

Original authors

G. Cunn.

Authors

(G. Cunn.) Hjortstam

Publication place

Hjortstam, K. 1995: Two new genera and some new combinations of corticioid fungi (Basidiomycotina, Aphyllophorales) from tropical and subtropical areas. Mycotaxon 54: 183-193.

Year published

1995

Publication page

192

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Corticium umbonatum G. Cunn. 1954

Type locality

NZ holotype

Taxonomic rank

species

Canonical form

Xenasma umbonatum

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Russulales

Family

Xenasmataceae

Genus

Xenasma

Species

umbonatum

Descriptions

Hjortstam, K. 1995: Two new genera and some new combinations of corticioid fungi (Basidiomycotina, Aphyllophorales) from tropical and subtropical areas. Mycotaxon 54: 183-193.

Xenasma umbonatum (G. Cunn.) Hjortstam 1995

Description

Corticium umbonatum is a typical species of Xerrasma by its lateral basidia and rugose spores and is known from different kinds of bamboo; Arundinaria, Pseudosasa and once on Ripogonum (Liliaceae). Cunninghammyces Stalpers is considered as a synonym of Xerrasma Donk.