Piloderma
Piloderma bicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Atheliales
Family:
Atheliaceae
Genus:
Piloderma

Jülich (1969)[1]
Type species
Piloderma bicolor
(Peck) Jülich (1969)
Species

P. bicolor
P. byssinum
P. lanatum
P. lapillicola
P. olivaceum
P. sphaerosporum

Piloderma is a genus of fungi in the family Atheliaceae. The distinguishing characteristics of Piloderma are the thick-walled (roughly 0.25 µm) basidiospores, the club-shaped basidia with stalk-like bases, and the clampless-septate hyphae.[2] The widespread genus contains six species.[3]

Ecology

Piloderma is known to be a key ectomycorrhizal species in conifer forests, assisting in nitrogen recycling and assimilation.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Jülich W (1969). "Über die Gattungen Piloderma gen. nov. und Subulicystidium Parm. (Corticiaceae, Aphyllophorales, Basidiomycetes)". Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft (in German). 81: 414–21.
  2. ↑ Maekawa N (1993). "Taxonomic study of Japanese Corticiaceae (Aphyllophorales). I". Report of the Tottori Mycological Institute. 31: 1–149 (see p. 34).
  3. ↑ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 538. ISBN 9780851998268.
  4. ↑ Heinonsalo J, Sun H, Santalahti M, Bäcklund K, Hari P, Pumpanen J (2015-07-01). "Evidences on the Ability of Mycorrhizal Genus Piloderma to Use Organic Nitrogen and Deliver It to Scots Pine". PLOS ONE. 10 (7): e0131561. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1031561H. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0131561. PMC 4489387. PMID 26132469.


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