Hostname: page-component-77c89778f8-fv566 Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-07-17T09:35:12.442Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Pseudotulostoma, a remarkable new volvate genus in the Elaphomycetaceae from Guyana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2001

Orson K. Miller jr ,
Terry W. Henkel ,
Timothy Y. James  and
Steven L. Miller
Orson K. Miller jr
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. E-mail: ormiller@vt.edu
Terry W. Henkel
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Timothy Y. James
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
Steven L. Miller
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82070, USA
Get access

Abstract

Pseudotulostoma volvata gen. sp. nov. is described from the south-central Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Pseudotulostoma volvata is associated with ectomycorrhizal Dicymbe corymbosa trees (Caesalpiniaceae) and placed in the Ascomycota, Eurotiales, Elaphomycetaceae. Included are a description of the genus and species, illustrations of the macroscopic and microscopic features, and a discussion of the distinctive features and phylogenetic placement of this fungus.

Type
Research Article
Information
Mycological Research , Volume 105 , Issue 10 , October 2001 , pp. 1268 - 1272
Copyright
Copyright © The British Mycological Society 2001

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)