Mycaureola is a genus of fungi in the family Physalacriaceae of mushrooms. Circumscribed in 1922 by French mycologists René Maire and Émile Chemin, the genus is monotypic, containing the single species Mycaureola dilseae.[1] The fungus is a parasite of the red algal species Dilsea carnosa, on which it causes circular necrotic lesions.[2]
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Taxonomy edit
Mycaureola indica was described in a 1957 publication,[3] but the taxon was later transferred to the genus Polystigma as P. indicum.[4] Molecular phylogenetics placed Mycaureola in the Physalacriaceae, occupying a subclade with species from the genera Rhizomarasmius, Gloiocephala, Xerula, and Oudemansiella.[5]
References edit
- ^ Maire R, Chemin E (1922). "Un nouveau Pyrénomycète marin". Comptes rendus hebdomadaires des séances de l'Académie des sciences (in French). 175: 319–21.
- ^ Porter D, Farnham WF (1986). "Mycaureola dilseae, a marine basidiomycete parasite of the red alga, Dilsea carnosa". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 87 (4): 575–82. doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(86)80098-5.
- ^ Chona BL, Kapoor JN (1956). "Notes on miscellaneous Indian fungi. IV". Indian Phytopathology. 9: 125–32.
- ^ "Mycaureola indica Chona, Munjal & J.N. Kapoor 1957". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- ^ Binder M, Hibbett DS, Wang Z, Farnham W (2006). "Evolutionary relationships of Mycaureola dilseae (Agaricales), a basidiomycete pathogen of a subtidal rhodophyte". American Journal of Botany. 93 (4): 547–56. doi:10.3732/ajb.93.4.547. PMID 21646215.