Biology:Nothojafnea

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Nothojafnea
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Nothojafnea

Rifai (1968)
Type species
Nothojafnea cryptotricha
Rifai (1968)
Species

Nothojafnea cryptotricha
Nothojafnea thaxteri

Nothojafnea is a genus of two species of cup fungi. It was originally described by Indonesian mycologist Mien Achmad Rifai in 1968 to contain the type species Nothojafnea cryptotricha, found in Australia.[1] N. thaxteri, known from Chile and Argentina, was added to the genus in 1971.[2] Both species are thought to be ectomycorrhizal; N. cryptotricha associates with Myrtaceae, while N. thaxteri is found with Nothofagus.[3]

Nothojafnea is traditionally classified in the family Pyronemataceae,[4] due to its ornamented spores and apothecial hairs.[1] Recent molecular evidence suggests that the South American N. thaxteri represents an early diverging lineage in the Tuberaceae, closely related to the Australasian genera Reddellomyces, Labyrinthomyces, and Dingleya.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Rifai MA. (1968). "The Australian Pezizales in the herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew". Verhandelingen Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen Afdeling Natuurkunde 57 (3): 93. 
  2. Gamundí I. (1971). "Algunos Discomycetes de Chile" (in Spanish). Boletín de la Sociedad Argentina de Botánica 13 (4): 260–89. http://www.ascofrance.com/uploads/forum_file/1971-v13-p260-0001.pdf. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Historical biogeography and diversification of truffles in the Tuberaceae and their newly identified Southern Hemisphere sister lineage". PLOS ONE 8 (1): e52765. 2013. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052765. PMID 23300990. Bibcode2013PLoSO...852765B.  open access
  4. Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. 2008. p. 473. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8. 

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