Mycetinis
Genus of fungi
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::summary Genus of fungi ::
| image = Mycetinis scorodonius 334947.jpg | image_caption = Mycetinis scorodonius | taxon = Mycetinis | authority = Earle (1909) | type_species = Mycetinis alliaceus | type_species_authority = (Jacq.) Earle (1909) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = M. alliaceus
M. scorodonius Mycetinis is a genus of fungus in the Omphalotaceae family, containing about eight species formerly classified in Marasmius.
General
This group of mushrooms was long known as a section (Alliacei) within the more familiar genus Marasmius, which means that each of the species has a synonym under Marasmius. They are distinguished from other Marasmius by the hymeniform cap skin which consists of smooth cells, with hyphae which do not show a dextrinoid reaction. The species have a characteristic garlic smell.
DNA studies showed that the group is phylogenetically allied more to genus Gymnopus than to Marasmius, but the distinct structure of the cap skin is thought to justify a separation at the genus level. Franklin Sumner Earle had already defined the genus name Mycetinis for this group in 1909, though it had not caught on, and in 2005 Wilson & Desjardin proposed to resurrect this name and redefine it for the current taxonomy. The new phylogenetic classification also means that the group belongs to family Omphalotaceae instead of Marasmiaceae.
A new species, M. curraniae, was described in 2012.
Species
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| Image | Name | Notes | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:2011-07-30 Mycetinis alliaceus crop.jpg | 120px]] | Mycetinis alliaceus | Type species |
| [[File:Mycetinis applanatipes (10.3897-mycokeys.24.12846) Figure 11.jpg | 120px]] | Mycetinis applanatipes | |
| Mycetinis cinnamomeus | S. Australia | ||
| [[File:Mycetinis copelandii (Peck) A.W. Wilson and Desjardin 65835.jpg | 120px]] | Mycetinis copelandii | |
| [[File:Mycetinis curraniae (10.3897-mycokeys.24.12846) Figure 28.jpg | 120px]] | Mycetinis curraniae | |
| [[File:2016-09-15 Rhizomarasmius epidryas (Kühner ex A. Ronikier) A. Ronikier & Ronikier 674826.jpg | 120px]] | (Mycetinis epidryas) | Synonym of Rhizomarasmius epidryas |
| [[File:Mycetinis kallioneus (10.3897-mycokeys.24.12846) Figure 34.jpg | 120px]] | Mycetinis kallioneus | |
| Mycetinis olidus | N. America | ||
| [[File:Mycetinis opacus (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) A.W. Wilson and Desjardin 528559.jpg | 120px]] | Mycetinis opacus | |
| [[File:Mycetinis prasiosmus (10.3897-mycokeys.24.12846) Figure 59A.jpg | 120px]] | Mycetinis prasiosmus | |
| Mycetinis querceus | Europe, N. Africa | ||
| [[File:Mycetinis salalis (10.3897-mycokeys.24.12846) Figure 64.jpg | 120px]] | Mycetinis salalis | |
| [[File:Mycetinis scorodonius 334947.jpg | 120px]] | Mycetinis scorodonius | Also has a smaller form "forma diminutivus" found only in Washington state urban environments |
| [[File:Mycetinis virgultorum (10.3897-mycokeys.24.12846) Figure 85.jpg | 120px]] | Mycetinis virgultorum | |
| [[File:Mycetinis yunnanensis (10.3897-mycokeys.24.12846) Figure 86.jpg | 120px]] | Mycetinis yunnanensis | |
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References
References
- (2010). "A monograph of marasmioid and collybioid fungi in Europe". IHW Verlag.
- Earle FS.. (1906). "The genera of North American gill fungi". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden.
- (2008). "Dictionary of the Fungi". CAB International.
- (2017). "An investigation on ''Mycetinis'' (Euagarics, Basidiomycota)". MycoKeys.
- (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships in the gymnopoid and marasmioid fungi (Basidiomycetes, euagarics clade)". Mycologia.
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