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Aegis

Aegis Gómez-Montoya, Rajchenb. & Robledo 2017, in Gomez-Montoya et al., Mycosphere 8(6): 1265 (2017).

Etymology: from Greek “aegis”, shield of Pallas Athena, Greek goddess of wisdom and science, which was adorned with the Medusa Gorgon head. In reference to the general shield shape of the basidiomata and the hyphal system mimicking Medusa’s head serpents.

Diagnosis: Basidiomata annual, resupinate, effused-reflexed to pileate; pileal surface glabrous to tomentose, usually white to light ivory, azonate; pores round, 5–6 per mm. Context thin, fibrous, white. Hyphal system monomitic with thin- to thick–walled clamped generative hyphae, metachromatic, IKI–. Basidia clavate, with four sterigmata. Basidiospores allantoid hyaline, thin-walled, IKI–.

Index Fungorum Number: IF821875

Type Species: Aegis boa Gómez-Mont., Rajchenb. & Robledo 2017, in Gomez-Montoya et al., Mycosphere 8(6): 1265 (2017).

 

Species:

Aegis boa Gómez-Mont., Rajchenb. & Robledo 2017

Aegis luteocontexta (Ryvarden & de Meijer) Westph. 2019

 

Reference:

Gómez-Montoya N, Rajchenberg M, Robledo GL. (2017). Aegis boa (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) a new neotropical genus and species based on morphological data and phylogenetic evidences. Mycosphere 8(6), 1261–1269.

 

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