''Deflexula'' is a
genus of
tooth fungi
The hydnoid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota with basidiocarps (fruit bodies) producing spores on pendant, tooth-like or spine-like projections. They are colloquially called tooth fungi. Originally such fungi were referred to the g ...
in the family
Pterulaceae
The ''Pterulaceae'' are a family (biology), family of fungi in the order Agaricales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contained 99 species previously distributed among 12 genus, genera. More recent data from molecular phylogenetic reconstr ...
.
Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed by British botanist
E.J.H. Corner
Edred John Henry Corner FRS (12 January 1906 – 14 September 1996) was an English mycologist and botanist who occupied the posts of assistant director at the Singapore Botanic Gardens (1929–1946) and Professor of Tropical Botany at the Univ ...
in his 1950 work "''Clavaria'' and Allied Genera". The
type species, ''Deflexula fascicularis'', was originally described in 1901 as ''Pterula fascicularis'' by
Giacomo Bresadola
Giacomo Bresadola ( Mezzana, Trento; often given as Giacopo) 14 February 1847 – Trento 9 June 1929) was an eminent Italian mycologist. Fungi he named include the deadly '' Lepiota helveola'' and ''Inocybe patouillardii'', though the latter ...
and
Narcisse Théophile Patouillard
Narcisse Théophile Patouillard (2 July 1854 – 30 March 1926) was a French pharmacist and mycologist.
He was born in Macornay, a town in the department of Jura (department), Jura. He studied in Besançon, then furthered his education at the à ...
.
Deflexula was merged with Pterulicium in 2020 and is now an inactive taxon.
Description
The fruit bodies are small, up to 25 mm long. Spores are white in deposit, smooth, spherical to ellipsoidal, with large oil droplets (guttules). The
basidia are large and four-spored;
cystidia are absent. The
hypha
A hypha (; ) is a long, branching, filamentous structure of a fungus, oomycete, or actinobacterium. In most fungi, hyphae are the main mode of vegetative growth, and are collectively called a mycelium.
Structure
A hypha consists of one or ...
l system is dimitic, and the skeletal hyphae have
clamp connections.
Species
See also
*
List of Agaricales genera
References
Pterulaceae
Taxa named by E. J. H. Corner
Taxa described in 1950
Agaricales genera
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