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Xeromphalina Cauticinalis
''Xeromphalina cauticinalis'' is a species of agaric fungus in the family Mycenaceae. Originally described in 1838 by Elias Fries as ''Marasmius cauticinalis'', it was transferred to the genus ''Xeromphalina'' by Robert Kühner and René Maire in 1934. It is found in North America, where it fruits in the summer and autumn singly or in groups on the seeds, needles, and sticks of conifers, and sometimes on aspen leaves. The basidiocarp, fruit bodies have convex yellowish pileus (mycology), caps measuring in diameter supported by a tough yellow-brown to dark brown stipe (mycology), stipe that is long by 1–2.5 mm thick. The pale yellow lamella (mycology), gills have a decurrent attachment to the stipe and are somewhat distantly spaced. The spore print is white, while individual basidiospore, spores are elliptical, smooth, amyloid (mycology), amyloid, and measure 4–7 by 2.5–3.5 micrometre, µm. The species is regarded as nonpoisonous. References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately from the other eukaryotic kingdoms, which by one traditional classification include Plantae, Animalia, Protozoa, and Chromista. A characteristic that places fungi in a different kingdom from plants, bacteria, and some protists is chitin in their cell walls. Fungi, like animals, are heterotrophs; they acquire their food by absorbing dissolved molecules, typically by secreting digestive enzymes into their environment. Fungi do not photosynthesize. Growth is their means of mobility, except for spores (a few of which are flagellated), which may travel through the air or water. Fungi are the principal decomposers in ecological systems. These and other differences place fungi in a single group of related organisms, named the ''Eumycota'' (''t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
