Agaricales » Lyophyllaceae

Sagaranella

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

Etymology: In honour of Prof. Dr. Noahiko Sagara, now retired from Kyoto University, for his fruitful research on the ecology and physiology of the ammonia fungi which include the type species of this new genus.

Basidiome gray, brown, mycenoid, not staining; stipe without a pseudorhiza. No visible veil. Nitrophilous. Basidiospores echinulate, finely warty or gibbose, hyaline, nonamyloid. Clamp connections present. Basidia containing abundant, conspicuous macro-siderophilous granules.

Index Fungorum number: IF810942

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

 

Species

Sagaranella erosa (Fr.) V. Hofst., Clémençon, Moncalvo & Redhead 2015

Sagaranella gibberosa (Jul. Schäff.) V. Hofst., Clémençon, Moncalvo & Redhead 2015

Sagaranella tesquorum (Fr.) V. Hofst., Clémençon, Moncalvo & Redhead 2015

Sagaranella tylicolor (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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