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Discinaceae
The Discinaceae are a family of ascomycete fungi, the best known members of which are the false morels of the genus ''Gyromitra''. Originally erected by Erich Heinz Benedix in 1961, it was found to be a discrete clade in a molecular study of ribosomal DNA by mycologist Kerry O'Donnell in 1997. As of 2008, the family is thought to contain 5 genera and 58 species. As of 2022, the GBIF accepts ''Discina'' (27 spp), '' Gymnohydnotrya'' (4 spp), ''Gyromitra'' (73 spp), '' Hydnotrya'' (52 spp) and '' Maublancomyces'' (1 sp). But calls ''Neogyromitra'' and '' Pseudorhizina'' doubtful. Members in the family Discinaceae are known to have epigeous and hypogeous species, and are characterized by ascomata composed of an inner layer of interwoven hyphae and an outer layer composed of elongated cells arranged perpendicular to its exterior. Discinaceae include species possessing saddle-shaped apothecia and hypogeous truffles. Discinaceae possess cylindrical, 8-spored, tapered asci and as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pseudoverpa
''Pseudoverpa'' is a newly erected genus of post-fire ascomycete fungi in the family Discinaceae. It is monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ..., being represented by the single species ''Pseudoverpa anthracobia'' which was Species description, described as new to science in 2018 from recently burned forests on the island of Cyprus. This fungus can resemble a ''Verpa'' species in the field because of its smooth, hollow and distinctly elongated stipe (mycology), stipe, which is attached to the hymenophore, pileus only at the apex. Its cerebriform (brain-like) pileus, brown-pigmented paraphyses and biguttulate cyanophilic Ascospore, spores, are all typical gyromitroid features, however. Because of its carbonicolous ecology and isolated phylogenetic position wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |