Metuloidea
| Metuloidea | |
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| File:Metuloidea reniformis.jpg | |
| Metuloidea reniformis | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Steccherinaceae |
| Genus: | Metuloidea G.Cunn. (1965) |
| Type species | |
| Metuloidea tawa | |
| Species | |
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M. cinnamomea | |
Metuloidea is a genus of five species of fungi in the family Steccherinaceae.[1] The genus was circumscribed by New Zealand-based mycologist Gordon Herriot Cunningham in 1965. The type species is M. tawa, a fungus originally described by Cunningham as a species of Trametes.[2] Formerly classified in family Meruliaceae, Metuloidea was moved to the Steccherinaceae in 2016,[3] following prior research that outlined a revised framework for the Steccherinaceae based on molecular phylogenetics.[1]
Description
[edit | edit source]Metuloidea contains fungi that produce poroid or hydnoid fruit bodies that are brown and have a sweet odour. It features a dimitic hyphal system with branched, relatively wide skeletal hyphae (3–5 μm). The spores are ellipsoid to cylindrical, thin walled, and measure 3–4 by 2–2.8 μm.[3]
Species
[edit | edit source]- Metuloidea cinnamomea (Iturr. & Ryvarden) Miettinen & Ryvarden (2016)
- Metuloidea fragrans (A.David & Tortic) Miettinen (2016)
- Metuloidea murashkinskyi (Burt) Miettinen & Spirin (2016)
- Metuloidea reniformis (Berk. & M.A. Curtis) Westphalen & Motato-Vásq. (2021)
- Metuloidea rhinocephala (Berk.) Miettinen (2016)
- Metuloidea tawa (G.Cunn.) G.Cunn. (1965) – New Zealand; Australia
References
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