Biology:Basidiopycnis

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Short description: Genus of fungi

Basidiopycnis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Atractiellomycetes
Order: Atractiellales
Family: Hoehnelomycetaceae
Genus: Basidiopycnis
Oberw., R.Kirschner, R.Bauer, Begerow & Arenal (2006)
Type species
Basidiopycnis hyalina
Oberw., R.Kirschner, R.Bauer, Begerow & Arenal (2006)
Synonyms

Basidiopycnides J. Reid, Eyjólfsd. & Georg Hausner (2008)


Basidiopycnis is a fungal genus in the family Hoehnelomycetaceae.[1] The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Basidiopycnis hyalina. The species forms minute pycnidial basidiocarps (fruit bodies) in bark beetle tunnels. Teleomorphs produce auricularioid (laterally septate) basidia, whilst anamorphs produce asexual conidia. Basidiopycnis hyalina was described from Germany and is also known from Italy and Switzerland.[2] Anamorphic fruit bodies collected in Canada were given the name Basidiopycnides albertensis,[3] but are currently considered conspecific with the European species.[4]

References

  1. "Two new endophytic Atractiellomycetes, Atractidochium hillariae and Proceropycnis hameedii". Mycologia 110: 136–146. 2018. 
  2. "Two new pycnidial members of the Atractiellales: Basidiopycnis hyalina and Proceropycnis pinicola". Mycologia 98 (4): 637–49. 2006. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.4.637. PMID 17139857. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cyberliber/59350/0098/004/0637.htm. 
  3. "Basidiopycnides albertensis gen. et sp. nov., a new anamorphic fungus with phylogenetic affinities in the Atractiellales (Basidiomycota)". Mycotaxon 103: 279–297. 2008. 
  4. "Supplementary notes on Basidiopycnis hyalina (Basidiomycota, Atractiellales) and its anamorph". Mycotaxon 109: 29–38. 2009. https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/mtax/mt/2009/00000109/00000001/art00006?crawler=true. 

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