Mollicarpus is a fungal genus in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed in 1984 by mycologist Walter Ginns to contain the species Mollicarpus cognatus.[2] This fungus was first described by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1877 as Trametes cognatus.[3] Mollicarpus cognatus has short, broadly ellipsoid spores, and cyanophilous binding hyphae that are usually dextrinoid. These features are not present in members of the similar genus Coriolopsis. Mollicarpus cognatus is known only from southeast Asia, where it grows on rotting wood.[2]
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| Genus: | Mollicarpus Ginns (1984)
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References
edit- ^ Teixeira, Alcides Ribeiro (1994). Genera of Polyporaceae: an objective approach. Boletim da Chácara Botânica de Itu. Vol. 1. pp. 1–91. OCLC 717604392.
- ^ a b Ginns, J. (1984). "Mollicarpus gen. nov. (Polyporaceae) with notes on Coriolopsis byrsina, Phellinus crocatus, and Polystictus crocatus var. sibiricus". Mycotaxon. 19: 71–80.
- ^ Berkeley, M.J. (1878). "Enumeration of the fungi collected during the Expedition of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1874–75. (Third notice)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 16 (89): 38–54. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1877.tb00170.x.
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