Marchandiomyces is a genus of fungi in the family Corticiaceae.[1]

Marchandiomyces
Marchandiomyces corallinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Corticiales
Family: Corticiaceae
Genus: Marchandiomyces
Dieder. & D.Hawksw. (1990)
Type species
Marchandiomyces corallinus
Species

M. allantosporus
M. aurantioroseus
M. corallinus
M. lignicola
M. quercinus

Synonyms

Marchandiopsis Ghobad-Nejhad & Hallenb. (2010)

Marchandiomyces is named in honour of Louis (Ludwig) Marchand (1807-1843), who was a Luxembourger veterinarian, mycologist, lichenologist, and author.[2]

Marchandiomyces corallinus is a lichenicolous species especially found on lichens of the genus Parmelia.[3] Other species are lignicolous, forming inconspicuous, effused basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on wood.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 402. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  3. ^ Silverside, A.J. http://www.lichens.lastdragon.org/lichenicolous/Marchandiomyces_corallinus.html Images of British Lichenicolous Fungi: Marchandiomyces corallinus
  4. ^ Ghobad-Nejhad M, Langer E, Nakasone K, Diederich P, Nilsson RH, Rajchenberg M, Ginns J (2021). "Digging Up the Roots: Taxonomic and Phylogenetic Disentanglements in Corticiaceae s.s. (Corticiales, Basidiomycota) and Evolution of Nutritional Modes". Front. Microbiol. 12: 704802. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2021.704802. PMC 8425454. PMID 34512580.