Cerocorticium

Cerocorticium is a genus of seven species of crust fungi in the family Meruliaceae.

Cerocorticium
Cerocorticium confluens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Meruliaceae
Genus:
Cerocorticium

Henn. (1900)
Type species
Cerocorticium bogoriense
Henn. & E.Nyman (1900)
Species

C. calongei
C. canariense
C. molle
C. pseudomucidum
C. roseolum
C. submolare
C. sulfureoisabellinum

Taxonomy

The genus was circumscribed by German mycologist Paul Christoph Hennings in 1900, as a member of the family Thelephoraceae. Hennings included two species, C. tjibodense, and the type, C. bogoriense, both collected on Java.[1] Later analysis of the type specimens showed that these two fungi were in fact the same species,[2] today known as C. molle.[3]

Description

The fruit bodies of Cerocorticium fungi are crust-like, and spread out on the substrate with a waxy texture. The spore-bearing surface is roughly even and light coloured. The hyphal system is monomitic, with translucent generative hyphae that have clamp connections. The basidia are relatively large and club-shaped, with a clamp at the base. Spores are smooth, translucent, and have a large apiculus.[2]

Species

As of April 2018, Index Fungorum accepts seven species of Cerocorticium:[4]

  • Cerocorticium calongei Tellería (1985)[5]
  • Cerocorticium canariense Manjón & G.Moreno (1982)[6]
  • Cerocorticium molle (Berk. & M.A.Curtis) Jülich (1975)
  • Cerocorticium pseudomucidum (Petch) Jülich (1982)
  • Cerocorticium roseolum (Parmasto) Jülich & Stalpers (1980)[7]
  • Cerocorticium submolare (Parmasto) Jülich & Stalpers (1980)[7]
  • Cerocorticium sulfureoisabellinum (Litsch.) Jülich & Stalpers (1980)[7]
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References
  1. Hennings, P. (1900). "Fungi monsunenses". Monsunia. 1: 137–174.
  2. Jülich, W. (1975). "On Cerocorticium Henn., a genus described from Java". Persoonia. 8 (2): 217–220.
  3. "GSD Species Synonymy: Cerocorticium molle (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Jülich". Species Fungorum. Kew Mycology. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  4. Kirk, P.M. (ed.). "Species Fungorum (version 28th March 2018). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  5. Tellería, M.T. (1985). "De Aphyllophoralibus in Hispania provenientibus ordinati commentarii, III" (PDF). Anales del Jardín Botánico de Madrid (in Spanish). 42 (1): 49–60.
  6. Manjón, José Luis; Moreno, Gabriel (1984). "Cerocorticium canariensis sp. nov. (corticiaceae)". Botánica Macaronésica (in Spanish) (10): 27–32.
  7. Jülich, W.; Stalpers, J.A. (1980). "The resupinate non-poroid Aphyllophorales of the temperate northern hemisphere". Verhandelingen Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde. 74: 71–72.


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