Jelly fungi, then and now!

Wells, Kenneth

doi:10.1080/00275514.1994.12026372

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“…It had been thought that the holotype of this species was destroyed in the past (McNabb 1973). In this study, we reconfirmed the existence of D. subalpinus, and were able to recollected and deposit fresh specimens; however, many holotypes of other Japanese dacrymycetous species described by Kobayasi (1939a, b) have still not been found. During this study, specimens corresponding to such problematic species could not be recollected and examined (Table 1, 3), and hence their taxonomical validity remains uncertain.…”

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confidence: 66%

“…This species was initially described as a species of Platygloea (Olive 1944). In 1994, Wells transferred this fungus to the genus Dacrymyces based on the fact that “very often the epibasidium and sterigma arise eccentirically suggesting a derivation from the furcated, dacrymycetoid basidium” (Wells 1994). This is the first record from Japan.…”

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“…Their fruit bodies are gelatinous or cartilaginous, yellow to orange coloured, and vary in shape from thin membranous to pulvinate, spathulate and dendroid. In their hyphae, the dolipore-type septa are surrounded by parenthesomes without perforations (Wells 1994). All species belonging to this class are wood-decaying fungi that cause brown-rot (Oberwinkler 1993, Kirk et al 2001).…”

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Taxonomic study of the Japanese <I>Dacrymycetes</I>

Shirouzu¹,

Hirose²,

Tokumasu³

2009

Pers - Int Mycol J

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The class Dacrymycetes is a rather small group of brown-rot wood-decaying jelly fungi characterised by forked basidia and an orange to yellow gelatinous to cartilaginous fruit body. In Japan, dacrymycetous fungi had not been investigated for a long time, justifying a taxonomic re-examination. In the present study we attempted an investigation of the dacrymycetous fungal flora of Japan, and recognised 28 taxonomic entities, including five new taxa, i.e. Dacrymyces ancyleus, D. aureosporus, D. pinacearum, D. subarcticus and Dacryopinax sphenocarpa, and nine new records. Due to the present survey, the total number of dacrymycetous species recorded from Japan increased from 28 to 42. Of the newly described species, Dacrymyces ancyleus is characterised by recurved, cylindrical basidiocarps and hyphae with clamp connections. Dacrymyces aureosporus resembles D. chrysospermus, but differs in wall thickness of its marginal hyphae. Dacrymyces pinacearum and D. subarcticus represent new coelomycetous anamorphic species. Dacryopinax sphenocarpa has sharp, spathulate basidiocarps, and hyphae with clamp connections. Descriptions, illustrations and photographs of fruit bodies are presented with some taxonomic notes. Molecular phylogenetic analyses were conducted to verify the species identification, and the remaining problems in Dacrymycetes taxonomy are discussed based on these data.

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Taxonomic study of the Japanese <I>Dacrymycetes</I>

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Hirose²,

Tokumasu³

2009

Pers - Int Mycol J

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“…Such complex septa occur only in the Hymenomycetes among the Basidiomycota (Wells, 1994;Berbee and Taylor, 1995). Such complex septa occur only in the Hymenomycetes among the Basidiomycota (Wells, 1994;Berbee and Taylor, 1995).…”

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Piriformospora indica, gen. et sp. nov., a New Root-Colonizing Fungus

et al. 1998

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JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@jstor.org.. Mycological Society of America is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Mycologia.Abstract: A new fungus isolate was discovered in an arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal spore from a desert soil in India. It could easily be cultivated on various synthetic media, and formed pear-shaped chlamydospores. Inoculation of maize showed that the fungus colonized the root cortex. Since it did not resemble any known fungus based on morphology and ultrastructure, a new genus was described. For its characteristic spore structure the isolate was named Piriformospora indica. Electron microscopy revealed the presence of typical dolipores with continuous parenthesomes, which indicated that P indica belongs to the Hymenomycetes (Basidiomycota). DNA was extracted and the 5' end of the 18S rRNA was amplified and sequenced. Comparison with sequences from the Genbank data base indicated that P indica is related to the Rhizoctonia group.

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“…The septal data represent a selective survey only and are intended to provide a general overview of variation in the Fungi; see Bracker (1967), Beckett et al (1974), Kimbrough (1994), Markham (1994), Wells (1994), McLaughlin et al (1995b), andBauer et al (1997) for additional taxa and variation in septal pore organization. Septa, like many subcellular features, are dynamic structures that change as cells develop and age.…”

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Assembling the fungal tree of life: progress, classification, and evolution of subcellular traits

Lutzoni

Kauff

Cox

et al. 2004

American J of Botany

729

436

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Based on an overview of progress in molecular systematics of the true fungi (Fungi/Eumycota) since 1990, little overlap was found among single-locus data matrices, which explains why no large-scale multilocus phylogenetic analysis had been undertaken to reveal deep relationships among fungi. As part of the project "Assembling the Fungal Tree of Life" (AFTOL), results of four Bayesian analyses are reported with complementary bootstrap assessment of phylogenetic confidence based on (1) a combined two-locus data set (nucSSU and nucLSU rDNA) with 558 species representing all traditionally recognized fungal phyla (Ascomycota, Basidiomycota, Chytridiomycota, Zygomycota) and the Glomeromycota, (2) a combined three-locus data set (nucSSU, nucLSU, and mitSSU rDNA) with 236 species, (3) a combined three-locus data set (nucSSU, nucLSU rDNA, and RPB2) with 157 species, and (4) a combined four-locus data set (nucSSU, nucLSU, mitSSU rDNA, and RPB2) with 103 species. Because of the lack of complementarity among single-locus data sets, the last three analyses included only members of the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. The four-locus analysis resolved multiple deep relationships within the Ascomycota and Basidiomycota that were not revealed previously or that received only weak support in previous studies. The impact of this newly discovered phylogenetic structure on supraordinal classifications is discussed. Based on these results and reanalysis of subcellular data, current knowledge of the evolution of septal features of fungal hyphae is synthesized, and a preliminary reassessment of ascomal evolution is presented. Based on previously unpublished data and sequences from GenBank, this study provides a phylogenetic synthesis for the Fungi and a framework for future phylogenetic studies on fungi.

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Jelly fungi, then and now!

Cited by 41 publications

References 116 publications

Taxonomic study of the Japanese <I>Dacrymycetes</I>

Taxonomic study of the Japanese <I>Dacrymycetes</I>

Piriformospora indica, gen. et sp. nov., a New Root-Colonizing Fungus

Assembling the fungal tree of life: progress, classification, and evolution of subcellular traits

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