Amylofungus Sheng H. Wu 1996 [1995]

Details

Name scientific

Amylofungus Sheng H. Wu, Mycologia 87 886 (1996 [1995])

Preferred name

Amylofungus Sheng H. Wu 1996 [1995]

Biostatus

Origin

Occurrence

Georegion

Schema

Biostatus source

Comment

Present

New Zealand

Political Region

Nomenclature

Original authors

Sheng H. Wu

Authors

Sheng H. Wu

Publication place

Wu, S.H. 1996: Two new genera of corticioid basidiomycetes with gloeocystidia and amyloid basidiospores. Mycologia 87(6): 886-890.

Year published

1996

Year on publication

1995

Publication page

886

Nomenclatural code

ICN

Basionym

Amylofungus Sheng H. Wu 1996 [1995]

Type locality

Taxonomic rank

genus

Canonical form

Amylofungus

Classification

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Russulales

Family

Peniophoraceae

Genus

Amylofungus

Subordinates

Amylofungus corrosus

Descriptions

Wu, S.H. 1996: Two new genera of corticioid basidiomycetes with gloeocystidia and amyloid basidiospores. Mycologia 87(6): 886-890.

Amylofungus Sheng H. Wu 1996 [1995]

Description

Basidiomata resupinate, effuse. Hymenial surface smooth. Hyphal system monomitic. Hyphae simple-septate, amyloid. Gloeocystidia numerous, clavate or cylindrical, SA+, amyloid. Basidia utriform, four-strigmate, amyloid. Basidiospores globose or subglobose, smooth, thin-walled, amyloid.

Latin

Basidiocarpum resupinatum, effusum; superficies hymenialis plana. Systema hypharum monomiticum. Hyphae efibulatae, amyloideae. Gloeocystidia numerosa, cylindrica vel clavata, SA+, amyloidea. Basidia utriformia, 4 sterigmatibus, amyloidea. Basidiosporae globosae vel subglobosae, laeves, tenuitunicatae, amyloideae.

Notes

Etymology. From amylo + fungus, referring to the amyloid reaction of the whole fruiting body.
Amylofungus is characterized by the presence of amyloid hyphae, gloeocystidia, basidia and basidiospores. This is the only genus of basidiomycetes that combines these characters. Moreover, the utriform basidia and smooth basidiospores are also characteristic for this new genus. The simple-septate hyphae, as well as subglobose-globose and smooth basidiospores, indicate a close affinity between Amylofungus and Gloiothele.

Typification

Typus. Corticium corrosum G.H. Cunn.