Datroniella scutellata is a species of fungus in the family Polyporaceae, and the type species of genus Datroniella.[1]
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| Datroniella scutellata (Schwein.) B.K.Cui, Hai J.Li & Y.C.Dai (2014)
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Taxonomy edit
The fungus was originally described in 1832 by German-American mycologist Lewis David de Schweinitz. He found the original collections in Bethlehem, New York, where it was growing on the branches and trunk of Syringa vulgaris.[2] The fungus has been shuffled to many different polypore genera in its taxonomic history. Since the mid-1980s, it has largely been accepted in the genus Datronia, where it was transferred by Robert Lee Gilbertson and Leif Ryvarden.[3][4] In 2014, Chinese mycologists made it the type species of the new genus Datroniella after molecular analysis showed that the species then classified in Datronia belonged to three distantly related clades.[1]
Distribution edit
Datroniella scutellata is a widespread species with a cosmopolitan distribution, and is particularly prevalent in tropical areas. It is uncommon in Europe, where it is found only in the Alps of Austria and Switzerland.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b Li, H.J.; Cui, B.K.; Dai, Y.C. (2014). "Taxonomy and multi-gene phylogeny of Datronia (Polyporales, Basidiomycota)". Persoonia. 32: 170–182. doi:10.3767/003158514X681828. PMC 4150076. PMID 25264389.
- ^ von Schweinitz, L.D. (1832). "Synopsis fungorum in America boreali media degentium". Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. 4 (2): 157.
- ^ Gilbertson, R.L.; Ryvarden, L. (1985). "Some new combinations in Polyporaceae". Mycotaxon. 22 (2): 363–365.
- ^ Ryvarden, L.; Gilbertson, R.L. (1986). North American Polypores. 1. Abortiporus – Lindtneria. Oslo, Norway: Fungiflora. ISBN 978-0-945345-06-0.
- ^ Ryvarden, Leif; Melo, I. (2014). Poroid Fungi of Europe. Synopsis Fungorum. Vol. 31. Oslo, Norway: Fungiflora. pp. 167–168. ISBN 978-8290724462.