Truncospora

Truncospora
Truncospora atlantica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Polyporaceae
Genus:
Truncospora

Pilát (1953)
Type species
Polyporus ochroleucus
Berk. (1845)

Truncospora is a genus of 10 species of fungi in the family Polyporaceae.

Taxonomy

The genus was originally proposed by Czech mycologist Albert Pilát in 1941,[1] but this publication is invalid because a type species was not designated, contrary to the rules of botanical nomenclature.[2] He published the genus validly in 1953 with two species: Truncospora oboensis, and the type, T. ochroleuca.[3] Leif Ryvarden placed the genus in synonymy with Perenniporia in 1972,[4] but molecular studies have shown that Truncospora is distinct genetically, and comprises part of the "core polyporoid clade", a grouping of fungi roughly equivalent to the family Polyporaceae.[5][6]

The generic name Truncospora is derived from the Latin trunco ("I cut off") and the Ancient Greek σπορά ("spore").[7]

Description

Truncospora is characterized by relatively small, cap-forming fruit bodies that generally measure about 1.5–3 cm (0.6–1.2 in) long, 2.5–3.5 cm (1.0–1.4 in) wide, and 1–4 cm (0.4–1.6 in) thick. The skeletal hyphae range from non-dextrinoid to dextrinoid, and the spores are truncate and strongly dextrinoid.[3][8]

Species

As of December 2023, Index Fungorum accepts the following species in the genus Truncospora:

References

  1. ^ Pilát, A. (1941). Atlas des Champignons de l'Europe, III: Polyporaceae I (in French). Prague. p. 365.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Truncospora Pilát, Atlas des Champignons de l'Europe, III: Polyporaceae I: 365 (1941)". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
  3. ^ a b Pilát, A. (1953). "Hymenomycetes novi vel minus cogniti Cechoslovakiae. II". Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae. 9B (2): 108.
  4. ^ Ryvarden, L. (1972). "Studies in the Aphyllophorales of the Canary Islands with a note on the genus Perenniporia". Nordic Journal of Botany. 19: 139–144.
  5. ^ Robledo, G.L.; Amalfi, M.; Castillo, G.; Rajchenberg, M.; Decock, C. (2009). "Perenniporiella chaquenia sp. nov. and further notes on Perenniporiella and its relationships with Perenniporia (Poriales, Basidiomycota)". Mycologia. 101 (5): 657–673. doi:10.3852/08-040. hdl:11336/24323. PMID 19750945. S2CID 6639615.
  6. ^ Zhao, C.-L.; Cui, B.-K.; Dai, Y.-C. (2013). "New species and phylogeny of Perenniporia based on morphological and molecular characters". Fungal Diversity. 58 (1): 47–60. doi:10.1007/s13225-012-0177-6. S2CID 256062819.
  7. ^ Donk, M.A. (1960). "The generic names proposed for Polyporaceae". Persoonia. 1 (2): 173–302.
  8. ^ a b Zhao, C.L.; Cui, B.K. (2013). "Truncospora macrospora sp. nov. (Polyporales) from Southwest China based on morphological and molecular data". Phytotaxa. 87 (2): 30–38. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.87.2.2.
  9. ^ a b c d e Spirin, V.; Kout, J.; Vlasák, J. (2014). "Studies in the Truncospora ohiensis – T. ochroleuca group (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)". Nova Hedwigia. 100 (1–2): 159–175. doi:10.1127/nova_hedwigia/2014/0221.
  10. ^ a b Decock, C. (2011). "Studies in Perenniporia s.l. (Polyporaceae): African taxa VIII. Truncospora oboensis sp. nov., an undescribed species from high elevation, mist forest of São Tome". Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 32 (4): 383–390. doi:10.7872/crym.v32.iss4.2011.383. S2CID 85942661.
  11. ^ Zhao, Chang-Lin; Xu, Feng; Pfister, Donald H. (2016). "Morphological and molecular identification of a new species of Truncospora (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) in North America" (PDF). Phytotaxa. 257 (1): 89–97. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.257.1.7. S2CID 86901515.