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Myochromella

Myochromella V. Hofst., Clémençon, Moncalvo & Redhead, in Hofstetter et al., Cryptogamie Mycologie 35(4): 418 (2015)

Etymology: Latin Myo- (mouse), -chrom- (color), -ella (small), hence “little mouse color”

Basidiomata smallish, solitary, gregarious or occasionally paired (not caespitose); pileus striate and hygrophanous and lamellae broad and free or nearly free; stipes relatively narrow and somewhat cartilaginous; not staining; basidiospores smooth, nonamyloid, hyaline, white in mass. Basidia containing abundant, conspicuous macro-siderophilous granules. Clamp connections present.

Index Fungorum number: IF810938

Type species: Myochromella inolens (Fr.) V. Hofst., Clémençon, Moncalvo & Redhead, in Hofstetter et al., Cryptogamie Mycologie 35(4): 418 (2015)

 

Species

Myochromella boudieri (Kühner & Romagn.) V. Hofst., Clémençon, Moncalvo & Redhead 2015

Myochromella inolens (Fr.) V. Hofst., Clémençon, Moncalvo & Redhead 2015

 

Reference:

Hofstetter V, Redhead SA, Kauff F, Moncalvo JM, Matheny PB, Vilgalys R. 2014. Taxonomic revision and examination of ecological transitions of the Lyophyllaceae (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) based on a multigene phylogeny. Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 35(4): 399-425.

 

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