Digitatispora is a genus of crustlike marine fungi. While previously placed in the order Atheliales, molecular studies have concluded that Digitatispora belongs in the Agaricales, within the family Niaceae.[2][3] The genus, circumscribed by French mycologist Gaston Doguet in 1962, contains two wood-decaying species that grow on marine-submerged wood.[4]

Digitatispora
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Digitatispora

Doguet (1962)
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Digitatispora marina
Doguet (1962)[1]
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References edit

  1. ^ Doguet G. (1962). "Digitatispora marina, n.g., n.sp., Basidiomycète marin". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences (in French). 254: 4336–8.
  2. ^ Azevedo, Egídia; Barata, Margarida; Caeiro, Maria Filomena (2018-09-01). "Morphological and phylogenetic analyses of Nia vibrissa, a marine Basidiomycota collected in Portuguese waters". Regional Studies in Marine Science. XIX Iberian Symposium on Marine Biology Studies. 23: 53–59. doi:10.1016/j.rsma.2017.12.006. ISSN 2352-4855.
  3. ^ Abdel-Wahab, Mohamed A.; Jones, E. B. Gareth; Abdel-Aziz, Faten A.; Bahkali, Ali H. (2019-06-18). "Nia lenicarpa sp. nov. (Niaceae, Agaricales) from Red Sea mangroves in Saudi Arabia with comments on Nia vibrissa". Phytotaxa. 406 (3): 157–168. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.406.3.2. ISSN 1179-3163.
  4. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 209. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.

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