Scleroderma bermudense
| Scleroderma bermudense | |
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| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Boletales |
| Family: | Sclerodermataceae |
| Genus: | Scleroderma |
| Species: | S. bermudense
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| Binomial name | |
| Scleroderma bermudense Coker (1939)
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Scleroderma bermudense is a species of Basidiomycete fungi in the family Sclerodermataceae.[1] The species was first described by American botanist and mycologist, William Chambers Coker, in 1939.
Range
[edit | edit source]The species is indigenous to Bermuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico; the US state of Florida;[2] and the Mexican states of Guerrero, Acapulco, Quintana Roo, Veracruz, and Yucatan.[3] It has been introduced accidentally along with its host tree in various tropical regions, including French Guiana, Senegal, and Réunion. [4]
Habitat
[edit | edit source]Scleroderma bermudense is limited to the dune ecosystem of sandy beaches beneath its mycorrhizal host.[2]
Ecology
[edit | edit source]Scleroderma bermudense is a mycorrhizal fungus associated with the seagrape Coccoloba uvifera.[4] It has been found to alleviate salt uptake in seagrape seedlings,[5] thus facilitating the tree's ability to live on coastal beaches.
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The genus name comes from Greek sclero, meaning hard, and derma, meaning skin, and is the same as the name of a skin disease also characterized by hardened skin. The specific epithet bermudense refers to the type locality, Bermuda. This species does not have a common name in English.
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]This species has previously been considered a synonym of Scleroderma stellatum, found in Brazil, but S. stellatum differs in having an echinulated peridium, which S. bermudensis lacks.[3]
Conservation status
[edit | edit source]Scleroderma bermudense has been proposed for Endangered status under criteria A3c because its habitat is subject to sea level rise.[2]
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External links
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