Gilbertsonia is a fungal genus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single brown rot species Gilbertsonia angulipora, found in the United States. Gilbertsonia is characterized by a dimitic hyphal system with clamped generative and well-developed binding hyphae. The generic name honors mycologist Robert Lee Gilbertson (1925 – 2011).[4][5]

Gilbertsonia
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Gilbertsonia

Parmasto (2001)
Type species
Gilbertsonia angulipora
(M.J.Larsen & Lombard) Parmasto (2001)
Synonyms
  • Fibroporia angulopora M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1983)[1]
  • Oligoporus anguloporus (M.J.Larsen & Lombard) Gilb. & Ryvarden (1985)[2]
  • Postia angulopora (M.J.Larsen & Lombard) M.J.Larsen & Lombard (1986)[3]

The genus was circumscribed by Erast Parmasto in Harvard Pap. Bot. Vol.6 on page 179 in 2001.

References

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  1. ^ Larsen, M.J.; Lombard, F.F. (1983). "Fibroporia angulopora, a new species (Aphyllophorales, Polyporaceae) associated with brown-rot of Pseudotsuga menziesii residue in Western Oregon". Mycologia. 75 (4): 623–627. doi:10.2307/3792991. JSTOR 3792991.
  2. ^ Gilbertson, R.L.; Ryvarden, L. "Some new combinations in Polyporaceae". Mycotaxon. 22 (2): 363–365.
  3. ^ Larsen, M.J.; Lombard, F.F. (1986). "New combinations in the genus Postia Fr. (Polyporaceae)". Mycotaxon. 26: 271–273.
  4. ^ Parmasto, E. (2001). "Gilbertsonia, a new genus of polypores (Hymenomycetes, Basidiomycota)". Harvard Papers in Botany. 6 (1): 179–182. JSTOR 41761640.
  5. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID 246307410. Retrieved January 27, 2022.