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Sistotrema Pteriphilum
''Sistotrema'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hydnaceae. The genus contains at least 55 species and has a worldwide distribution. The type species is ''Sistotrema confluens'' Pers. (1794). Ecology The genus includes both terricolous and Wood-decay fungus, lignicolous species. Most species of ''Sistotrema'' are white rotting saprotrophs which often occur on highly decayed wood and on bark of attached, dead branches, but Endophyte, endophytic and Ectomycorrhiza, ectomycorrhizal nutritional modes also exist in some species. ''Sistotrema confluens'' is ectomycorrhizal and ''S. alboluteum'', ''S. muscicola'' and ''S. albopallescens'' are suspected of being so. In the genus only ''S. confluens'' and ''S. subconfluens'' are known to grow on soil. Basidiocarps of ''Sistotrema'' generally start spore production very early. Morphology Only the type species ''S. confluens'', and ''S. subconfluens'', form stipitate Basidiocarp, basidiocarps while all other species in the genus form ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elias Magnus Fries
Elias Magnus Fries (15 August 1794 – 8 February 1878) was a Swedish mycologist and botanist. Career Fries was born at Femsjö (Hylte Municipality), Småland, the son of the pastor there. He attended school in Växjö. He acquired an extensive knowledge of flowering plants from his father. In 1811 Fries entered Lund University where he obtained a doctorate in 1814. In the same year he was appointed an associate professorship in botany. He was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and in 1824, became a full professor. In 1834 he became Borgström professor (Swed. ''Borgströmianska professuren'', a chair endowed by Erik Eriksson Borgström, 1708–1770) in applied economics at Uppsala University. The position was changed to "professor of botany and applied economics" in 1851. He was elected a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1849. That year he was also appointed director of the Uppsala University Botanica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
