Thelephora terrestris

Thelephora terrestris is an inedible species of fungus in the Basidiomycota phylum.[1] It is commonly known by the name Common Fiber Vase because of its circular and overlapping cap.[2] As well, it has also been called the Earthfan fungus.[3]

Thelephora terrestris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Thelephorales
Family:
Thelephoraceae
Genus:
Thelephora
Species:
T. terrestris
Binomial name
Thelephora terrestris
Ehrh. (1787)

History and taxonomy

This fungus was first described by Jakob Friedrich Ehrhart.[4]

Habitat and ecology

Throughout North America[2] and Europe[4] Thelephora terrestris can be found in soil. It is commonly found in sandy soils under pine trees, on roots[2] and twigs.[5]

As this ectomycorrhizal fungi forms a symbiotic relationship with the pinus species, it forms mycorrihizae.[6] It is commonly found in pine forests[7] as well as plant nursery soils world wide.[8] This fungi is known to get water and nutrients from far away[9] and being capable of growing in both low; fertile and high fertile soils.[3]

After a disturbance such as a forest fire, will re-establish quickly and is considered stress tolerant,[10] as well it is a dominant mycorrhizal fungus.[8]

Outside of the pinus species, it is also capable of forming mycorrizha with other trees such as alder, birch, oak, beech, and poplar.[3]

Thelephora terrestris virus 1 (TtV1), which is a mycovirus, can infect this fungi.[3]

Growth and morphology

Thelephora terrestris is present year round, though is mostly seen July to December.[2] As the fruiting body forms, it starts off lighter in colour then turns to a darker shade of brown as it ages.[6] A stalk may not be present, if there is one, it is usually very short.[2] Sometimes the fungi is grown in large colonies.[5] The shape is described as a fan and can grow up to 6cm wide.[5] It has been described to have a moldy earth like smell.[2]

The hyphae of mycorrhizal forms walls that becomes thicker as it ages, while in earlier stages may be spiney.[11] When mating, the hyphae forms clamp connections[6] The spores are purple-brown colour,[2] ellipsoid or angular shape.[5]

Physiology

The full life cycle can be reproduced and studied in a laboratory, both ectomycorrhizal form and mushroom form.[12]

Due to the mycotoxins that the fungi produces, it protects pinus trees from root pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi.[8]

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References
  1. Radulović, Niko; Quang, Dang Ngoc; Hashimoto, Toshihiro; Nukada, Makiko; Tanaka, Masami; Asakawa, Yoshinori (2005). "Pregnane-Type Steroids from the Inedible Mushroom Thelephora terrestris". Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin. 53 (3): 309–312. doi:10.1248/cpb.53.309.
  2. National Audubon Society field guide to North American mushrooms. Knopf. 1981. p. 413. ISBN 0-394-51992-2.
  3. Petrzik, Karel; Sarkisova, Tatiana; Starý, Josef; Koloniuk, Igor; Hrabáková, Lenka; Kubešová, Olga (February 2016). "Molecular characterization of a new monopartite dsRNA mycovirus from mycorrhizal Thelephora terrestris (Ehrh.) and its detection in soil oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida)". Virology. 489: 12–19. doi:10.1016/j.virol.2015.11.009. PMID 26700067.
  4. Burt, Edward Angus (May 1914). "The Thelephoraceae of North America. I". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 1 (2): 185–227. doi:10.2307/2989992. JSTOR 2989992.
  5. Ellis, Martin B.; Ellis, J. Pamela (1990). Fungi without gills (hymenomycetes and gasteromycetes) : an identification handbook (1st ed.). Britain: Chapman and Hall. ISBN 0-412-36970-2.
  6. López-Gutiérrez, Araceli; Perez-Moreno, Jesus; Hernández-Santiago, Faustino; Uscanga-Mortera, Ebandro; García-Esteva, Antonio; Cetina-Alcalá, Victor Manuel; Cardoso-Villanueva, María del Rosario; Xoconostle-Cázares, Beatriz (19 June 2018). "Nutrient mobilization, growth and field survival of Pinus pringlei inoculated with three ectomycorrhizal mushrooms". Botanical Sciences. 96 (2): 286. doi:10.17129/botsci.1239.
  7. Moeller, Holly V.; Peay, Kabir G. (27 July 2016). "Competition-function tradeoffs in ectomycorrhizal fungi". PeerJ. 4: e2270. doi:10.7717/peerj.2270. PMC 4974999. PMID 27547573.
  8. Smith, Sally E; Read, David J (2002). "Mycorrhizal Symbiosis". Academic Press (2): 470–489. doi:10.1016/B978-012652840-4/50018-8.
  9. Hilszczańska, Dorota; Małecka, Monika; Sierota, Zbigniew (January 2008). "Changes in nitrogen level and mycorrhizal structure of Scots pine seedlings inoculated with Thelephora terrestris" (PDF). Annals of Forest Science. 65 (4): 409. doi:10.1051/forest:2008020.
  10. Veselá, Petra; Vašutová, Martina; Edwards-Jonášová, Magda; Cudlín, Pavel (29 January 2019). "Soil Fungal Community in Norway Spruce Forests under Bark Beetle Attack". Forests. 10 (2): 109. doi:10.3390/f10020109.
  11. Agerer, R.; Weiss, M. (29 August 2018). "Studies on Ectomycorrhizae. XX. Mycorrhizae Formed by on Norway Spruce". Mycologia. 81 (3): 444–453. doi:10.1080/00275514.1989.12025766.
  12. Birraux, D.; Fries, N. (November 1981). "Germination of basidiospores". Canadian Journal of Botany. 59 (11): 2062–2064. doi:10.1139/b81-267.
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