Paraxerula

Genus of fungi

Paraxerula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Physalacriaceae
Genus:
Paraxerula

R.H.Petersen (2010)
Type species
Paraxerula american
(Dörfelt) R.H.Petersen (2010)
Species

P. americana
P. caussei
P. ellipsospora
P. hongoi

Paraxerula is a genus of fungi in the family Physalacriaceae. It was circumscribed in 2010 by mycologist Ron Petersen to replace Xerula section Hyalosetae,[1] proposed by Heinrich Dörfelt in 1984.[2] Petersen originally included P. caussei, P. hongoi, and the type species P. americana. The Chinese species P. ellipsospora was added to the genus in 2014.[3]

Description

Paraxerula species have collybioid fruitbodies with rooting stipes, resembling Strobilurus. The species are associated with the saprobic breakdown of deciduous trees.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Petersen RH, Hughes KW (2010). The Xerula/Oudemansiella Complex (Agaricales). Nova Hedwigia. Vol. 137. Stuttgart, Germany: J. Cramer. pp. 299–308. ISBN 978-3-443-51059-6.
  2. ^ Dörfelt, H. (1984). "Taxonomische Studien in der Gattung Xerula R. Maire – IX". Feddes Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis (in German). 95: 189–200.
  3. ^ Qin J, Hao YJ, Yang Zhu L, Li YC (2014). "Paraxerula ellipsospora, a new Asian species of Physalacriaceae". Mycological Progress. 13 (3): 639–647. Bibcode:2014MycPr..13..639Q. doi:10.1007/s11557-013-0946-y. S2CID 16065063.


Taxon identifiers
Paraxerula


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