Cerocorticium

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Cerocorticium
Cerocorticium is a genus of seven species of crust fungi in the family Meruliaceae.
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Cerocorticium

Henn. (1900)
Type species
Cerocorticium bogoriense
Henn. & E.Nyman (1900)
Species

C. calongei
C. canariense
C. molle
C. pseudomucidum
C. roseolum
C. submolare
C. sulfureoisabellinum

Cerocorticium is a genus of seven species of crust fungi in the family Meruliaceae.

Taxonomy[edit]

The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings in 1900, as a member of the family Thelephoraceae. Hennings included two species, C. tjibodense, and the type, C. bogoriense, both collected on Java.[1] Later analysis of the type specimens showed that these two fungi were in fact the same species,[2] today known as C. molle.[3]

Description[edit]

The fruit bodies of Cerocorticium fungi are crust-like, and spread out on the substrate with a waxy texture. The spore-bearing surface is roughly even and light coloured. The hyphal system is monomitic, with translucent generative hyphae that have clamp connections. The basidia are relatively large and club-shaped, with a clamp at the base. Spores are smooth, translucent, and have a large apiculus.[2]

Species[edit]

As of April 2018, Index Fungorum accepts seven species of Cerocorticium:[4]

  • Cerocorticium calongei Tellería (1985)[5]
  • Cerocorticium canariense Manjón & G.Moreno (1982)[6]
  • Cerocorticium molle (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Jülich (1975)
  • Cerocorticium pseudomucidum (Petch) Jülich (1982)
  • Cerocorticium roseolum (Parmasto) Jülich & Stalpers (1980)[7]
  • Cerocorticium submolare (Parmasto) Jülich & Stalpers (1980)[7]
  • Cerocorticium sulfureoisabellinum (Litsch.) Jülich & Stalpers (1980)[7]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Hennings, P. (1900). "Fungi monsunenses". Monsunia. 1: 137–174.
  2. ^ a b Jülich, W. (1975). "On Cerocorticium Henn., a genus described from Java". Persoonia. 8 (2): 217–220.
  3. ^ "GSD Species Synonymy: Cerocorticium molle (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Jülich". Species Fungorum. Kew Mycology. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  4. ^ Kirk, P.M. (ed.). "Species Fungorum (version 28th March 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. ^ Tellería, M.T. (1985). "De Aphyllophoralibus in Hispania provenientibus ordinati commentarii, III" (PDF). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid (in Spanish). 42 (1): 49–60.
  6. ^ Manjón, José Luis; Moreno, Gabriel (1984). "Cerocorticium canariensis sp. nov. (corticiaceae)". Botánica Macaronésica (in Spanish) (10): 27–32.
  7. ^ a b c Jülich, W.; Stalpers, J.A. (1980). "The resupinate non-poroid Aphyllophorales of the temperate northern hemisphere". Verhandelingen Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde. 74: 71–72.