Auriculariales » Auriculariales genera incertae sedis

Ofella

Ofella V. Spirin & V. Malysheva, in Spirin et al., Nordic Journal of Botany 37: 18 (2019)

Etymology: Ofella (Lat., noun) – a tiny piece.

Diagnosis: Basidiocarps effused, continuous, smooth or slightly tuberculate, gelatinous, thin. Hyphal structure monomitic; hyphae clamped. Cystidia occasionally present, embedded; hyphidia present. Basidia 4-celled, 810.5 × 7.510 μm, pedunculate. Basidiospores hyaline, thin-walled, ellipsoid or broadly ellipsoid to subglobose, 58 × 45 μm. On rotten wood of coniferous trees.

Index Fungorum number: IF829023

Type species: Ofella glaira (Lloyd) V. Spirin & V. Malysheva, in Spirin et al., Nordic Journal of Botany 37: 18 (2019)

 

Reference:

Spirin V, Malysheva V, Roberts P, Trichies G, Savchenko A, Larsson KH. 2019. A convolute diversity of the Auriculariales (Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) with sphaeropedunculate basidia. Nordic Journal of Botany. 37: 126

 

About Basidiomycota

The webpage Basidiomycota provides an up-to-date classification and account of all genera of the phylum Basidiomycota.

 

Supported by 

Thailand Science Research and Innovation (TSRI)

project entitled:

"Macrofungi diversity research from the Lancang-Mekong Watershed and surrounding areas"

(Grant No. DBG6280009)

Contact

  • Email: basidio.org@yahoo.com
  • Addresses:
    Mushroom Research Foundation, 292 Moo 18, Bandu District,
    Muang Chiangrai 57100, Thailand
  • The State Key Lab of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, No.3 1st Beichen West Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, P.R. China


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