Corticioid Research Articles

Natural substrata for corticioid fungi

The paper reviews the types of substrata inhabited by non-poroid resupinate Homobasidiomycetes <em>in situ</em> in global scale with both examples from literature sources and from observations on Belarus corticioid fungi biota. The groups of organic world colonized by corticioid basidiomata and vegetative mycelium are arboreous, semi-arboreous, and herbaceous vascular plants, Bryophyta, epiphytic coccoid algae, lichenized and non-lichenized fungi, and occasionally myxomycetes and invertebrates. The fungi occur on living, dying, and dead on all decay stages parts of organisms. Besides, the fungi are known on soil, humus, stones, artificial inorganic and synthetic materials and dung.

Lawrynomyces, a new genus of corticioid fungi in the Hymenochaetales

The new genus <em>Lawrynomyces</em> is proposed to accommodate <em>Hyphoderma capitatum</em>, a predominantly European species growing on decayed coniferous wood. The genus belongs to the <em>Rickenella</em>-clade in the order <em>Hymenochaetales</em>, and it includes species characterized by resupinate basidiomes, monomitic hyphal system with simple septate hyphae, presence of cystidia and hyphidia, suburniform to subcylindrical, pedunculate basidia, and subglobose to broadly ellipsoid basidiospores with slightly thickened walls not staining in Melzer's reagent or Cotton Blue. Published molecular data support the recognition of a distinct genus for <em>Hyphoderma capitatum</em>.

Molecular analyses confirm Brevicellicium in Trechisporales.

The genus Brevicellicium encompasses wood-inhabiting corticioid fungi characterized by isodiametric subhymenial hyphae, short basidia, and smooth, often subangular spores with a distinct apiculus. Eight new LSU nrDNA sequences and 13 new ITS nrDNA of this genus, including the type species, were aligned with 47 and 42 accessions respectively of species of Trechisporales obtained from GenBank, and phylogenetic analyses were performed. The order Trechisporales was confirmed as a monophyletic group; the genera Porpomyces, Sistotremastrum, Subulicystidium and Trechispora form a highly supported clade where all Brevicellicium sequences are included. Our analyses also support that this genus belongs to Hydnodontaceae. A new species, Brevicellicium atlanticum from the Azores Archipelago, is described.

New Records of Hyphodontia sphaerospora in Taiwan and Vietnam

A corticioid basidiomycete Hyphodontia sphaerospora was known from Japan and South America. This species was found in this study as also distributed in Taiwan and Vietnam. Description and illustrations based on the studied collections are provided. The morphological distinction of H. sphaerospora from the most resembled species, H. arguta, is discussed.

Some new species and a first checklist of corticioid fungi (Basidiomycota) from Chile

Gloeocystidiellum rajchenbergii, Hypochnicium patagonicum, Pteridomyces valdivianus, and Stereum greslebinii are described as new species from the Chilean Patagonia. An annotated checklist of corticioid fungi from Chile, listing 94 species with notes on distribution and ecology, scheduled for regular update, is available from http://corticioids.webs.com/checklists.htm .

Arrasia rostrata (Basidiomycota), a new corticioid genus and species from Italy

An unusual corticioid species with distinctive large basidiospores that develop a distal refractive rostrum when fully mature is described as new. It grows on living bark of Juniperus phoenicea on the Italian island of Sardinia. Because it is morphologically distinct from any known genus of corticioid fungi, the new genus Arrasia is proposed to accommodate it.

New records of corticioid fungi with heterobasidia from Ukraine

Fifteen species of corticioid fungi with heterobasidia are recorded from the forests in the middle of the Seversky Donets River basin (eastern Ukraine) from 2007 to 2011. Of them, 11 species are new to Ukraine. They are Basidiodendron rimulentum (Bourdot et Galzin) Luck-Allen, Ceratobasidium cornigerum (Bourdot) D.P.Rogers, Eichleriella deglubens (Berk. et Broome) Lloyd, Exidiopsis griseobrunnea K.Wells et Raitv. subsp. griseobrunnea, Helicogloea lagerheimii Pat., Stypella grilletii (Boud.) P.Roberts, Tulasnella albida Bourdot et Galzin, T. eichleriana Bres., T. pallida Bres., T. saveloides P.Roberts, and T. thelephorea (Juel) Juel. Two of these species, Exidiopsis griseobrunnea and Tulasnella saveloides, are still known to be from very few European regions, even after being discovered in Ukraine. Furthermore, 3 species (Basidiodendron eyrei (Wakef.) Luck-Allen, Exidiopsis galzinii (Bres.) Killerm., and Tulasnella violea (Quél.) Bourdot et Galzin) are new to the steppe zone and the plain part of Ukraine. Thanatephorus fusisporus (J.Schröt.) Hauerslev et P.Roberts is reported from Ukraine for the second time. Information on the ecology and distribution of the species is presented. Comments are made on the morphology of the specimens examined and original illustrations are provided for all of the species.

New records of corticioid fungi in Turkey

A recent survey of wood-inhabiting Basidiomycota in Turkey has added 10 corticioids to the Turkish mycobiota; included are first records of the genera Boidinia and Leptosporomyces in the country. All collected species are described and their distribution in Turkey is summarized. Microscopical line-drawings and ecological notes are provided.

The Caucasian corticioid fungi: level of endemism, similarity, and possible contribution to European fungal diversity

We assess the composition of corticioid fungi in the Caucasus region for the first time. The Caucasian corticioids were compared with those of well-documented areas in the Northern Hemisphere using the Tripartite similarity index and cluster analysis. To investigate the significance of the Caucasus region as a possible contributor to the colonization of wood-inhabiting basidiomycetes in Europe, DNA sequences of nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) belonging to the corticioid fungus Peniophorella praetermissa were analysed for comparisons of genetic diversity within and differentiation between geographical regions. Putative species endemism and disjunction of corticioids in the Caucasus region is also discussed. The composition of corticioid fungi in the Caucasus region was found to be distinctly more similar to Europe and North America than to East Asia and India. Similarity tests and molecular Fsts both point to a strong connection between the Caucasus and Europe. The highest molecular diversity in P. praetermissa was in the Caucasus and East Asia as compared with other regions studied. The Caucasus and East Asia were significantly differentiated from each other, and unlike Caucasian samples, East Asian sequences were highly divergent from the European ones. This result suggests that the Caucasus might have been a source of colonization for Europe. Endemism is very low, possibly a common feature for wood-inhabiting saprotrophic fungi.

A revised checklist of corticioid and hydnoid fungi in China for 2010

Corticioid fungi are one of the major groups of wood-inhabiting fungi, and they are mainly confined to the orders Corticiales, Trechisporales and Atheliales among Basidiomycetes. Hydnoid fungi are aphyllophoroid fungi with spine- or tooth-like hymenophore, and most species of them are in the orders of Russulales and Thelephorales. Many hydnoid fungi are wood-inhabiting, but some of them are mycorrhizas. Corticioid fungi and many hydnoid fungi have a similar ecology in forest ecosystems. The current knowledge of corticioid and hydnoid fungi in China is summarized, and totally 506 species are listed alphabetically. A new species, Stereum lithocarpi, is described and illustrated. Two species, Dichostereum boreale and Thanatephorus fusisporus, are new to Chinese fungal flora, and a condensed description of these species is given.

A revised checklist of corticioid and hydnoid fungi in China for 2010

Corticioid fungi are one of the major groups of wood-inhabiting fungi, and they are mainly confined to the orders Corticiales, Trechisporales and Atheliales among Basidiomycetes. Hydnoid fungi are aphyllophoroid fungi with spine- or tooth-like hymenophore, and most species of them are in the orders of Russulales and Thelephorales. Many hydnoid fungi are wood-inhabiting, but some of them are mycorrhizas. Corticioid fungi and many hydnoid fungi have a similar ecology in forest ecosystems. The current knowledge of corticioid and hydnoid fungi in China is summarized, and totally 506 species are listed alphabetically. A new species, Stereum lithocarpi, is described and illustrated. Two species, Dichostereum boreale and Thanatephorus fusisporus, are new to Chinese fungal flora, and a condensed description of these species is given.

Survey of Corticioid Fungi in Taiwan, to 2010

Two hundred and fifty-nine specific and infraspecific taxa of corticioid fungi have been reported from Taiwan, accounting for more than half of the estimated species of Taiwan. Slightly more than one fourth (71 specific and infraspecific taxa) of them are so far known only from Taiwan, mostly from subtropical and tropical belts of this island. A check-list is given to the species that have been reported from Taiwan.

Three new species of corticioid fungi with hyphal pegs

Dendrodontia taiwaniana, Epithele cylindricosterigmata and E. lutea are described and illustrated as new species. Dendrodontia taiwaniana is similar to D. bicolor in having a similar hymenial surface and hyphal system, but the former has smaller basidia and basidiospores and lacks dendrohyphidia. Epithele cylindricosterigmata resembles E. sulphurea in sharing similar basidiospores, but the former has a thinner, membranous basidiocarp with a white hymenial surface, the hyphal pegs are composed of tortuous and convolute hyphae, and its sterigmata are uniformly cylindrical. Epithele lutea is close to E. typhae in the color of the hymenial surface and has similar basidiospores, but the former bears sparsely scattered, longer hyphal pegs that have a ceraceous core; microscopically its hyphal pegs are composed of slightly thick-walled, tortuous hyphae, but a sheath of dendritic hyphae as in E. typhae is lacking.

Новые данные о распространении Ceraceomyces sulphurinus в Европейской части России

Study of specimens in the Mycological Herbarium of the Komarov Botanical Institute (LE) is resulted in new records of Ceraceomyces sulphurinus (P. Karst.) J. Erikss. et Ryvarden, a species of corticioid fungi rare for Europe. This species is recorded for the first time for the Leningrad and Nizhny Novgorod Regions. Data on distribution and distinctive characters of Ceraceomyces sulphurinus are provided.

<i>Lagarobasidium calongei</i> (Aphyllophorales, Basidiomycota), a new species of corticioid fungi from Azores Islands

Duenas, M. Telleria, M.T., Melo, I. & Martin, M.P. 2009. Lagaro basidium calongei (Aphyllophorales, Basidiomycota), a new species of corticioid fungi from Azores Islands. Anales Jard. Bot. Madrid 66S1: 41-46. On the base of morphologic and molecular studies, a new species of the genus Lagarobasidium (Aphyllophorales, Basi diomycota), is described and illustrated. This new species was collected on Pico Island (Azores) and is characterized by having two types of cystidia, clavate leptocystidia and cylindrical skeletocystidia, and smooth, thick-walled spores. It is compared with Lagarobasidium detriticum (Bourdot) Julich and L. cymosum (D.P. Rogers & H.S. Jacks.) Julich, until now the only two species of the genus.

New for Ukraine species of corticioid fungi from “Svyaty Gory” National Nature Park

New for Ukraine species of corticioid fungi from “Svyaty Gory” National Nature Park

The aphyllophorales (<I>Basidiomycota</I>) of a Mediterranean biodiversity "hotspot" — "Cazorla, Segura & Las Villas" Natural Park (Spain)

A preliminary inventory of the aphyllophorales. of the Cazorla, Segura & Las Villas Natural Park is presented, based on original data augmented by literature references. This catalogue includes 200 species representing to 90 genera. Seven species are new to the catalogue of Spanish mycobiota: Antrodia albidoides, Fibricium subceraceum, Gloeodontia columbiensis, Hyphodermella densa, Oliveonia pauxilla, Postia undosa, and Skeletocutis albocremea. Key word — mycobiota, corticioid fungi, polypores, fungal diversity, Iberian Peninsula

Corticioid fungi (<I>Basidiomycota</I>) from the Azores Islands: Flores and São Miguel

The catalogue of corticioid fungi from Flores and Sao Miguel Islands (Azores archipelago) is presented. The study covered 29 localities and 644 samples were analyzed. This catalogue includes 83 species, of which 32 are new to the archipelago. They belong to 37 genera. Trechispora (9 species), Hyphodontia (7 species), Peniophora (6 species), and Tubulicium (4 species) are the most significant genera. A remarkable feature is the presence in the archipelago of Peniophora bicornis.

A survey of the corticioid fungi from the Biosphere Reserve of Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia (Spain)

species belonging to 55 genera of corticioid fungi are reported from the Biosphere Reserve of Las Batuecas-Sierra de Francia in central-western Spain. Amyloathelia amylacea, Phlebia cf. lacteola, Sistotrema alboluteum, S. porulosum, S. subtrigonospermum and Vuilleminia alni are new records for the Iberian Peninsula. The presence of Hjortstamia crassa recently re-collected in Europe after one century is remarkable.

Corticioid fungi from the Kimberley Region, Western Australia

Corticioid fungi from the Kimberley Region of Western Australia are reviewed. 31 species are reported, of which five, Aleurodiscus kimberleyanus, Athelopsis vesicularis, Dendrothele cornivesiculosa, Hyphoderma tubulicystidium, and Phanerochaete subcrassispora are described as new. Grandinia glauca is given the new combination Grammothele glauca, and Hydnum investiens the new combination Phanerochaete investiens. A further eight species are recorded which have not previously been reported from Australia.