Blasiphalia

Blasiphalia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Hymenochaetales
Family:	Repetobasidiaceae
Genus:	Blasiphalia Redhead (2007)
Type species
Blasiphalia pseudogrisella (A.H.Sm.) Redhead (2007)

Blasiphalia is a fungal genus in the family Repetobasidiaceae. A monotypic genus, it contains the honey colored omphalinoid agaric , Blasiphalia pseudogrisella, which grows with the liverwort genus Blasia . ^[1] Phylogenetically related agarics are in the genera Rickenella , Gyroflexus , Loreleia , Cantharellopsis and Contumyces , as well as the stipitate-stereoid genera Muscinupta and Cotylidia and clavarioid genus, Alloclavaria . ^[2] Blasiphalia is most similar to Rickenella and Contumyces, and was only just recognized as a distinct genus in 2007 based upon molecular analysis. The fungus is unique in parasitizing Blasia by forming clasping appresoria on its host's rhizoids. ^{[3] [4]} Its basidiospores also germinate on the host's gemmae ^[5] and clasp them and therefore can be disseminated together with the gemmae.

Etymology

Blasiphalia is a nonsense, nontraditionally formulated name vaguely referring to the liverwort genus Blasia and a fragment of the word 'omphalia' in reference to previous classifications that would place it in Omphalina .^{[ citation needed ]}

References

1. Larsson, K.-H.; et al. (2006) [2007]. "Hymenochaetales: a molecular phylogeny for the hymenochaetoid clade". Mycologia. 98 (6): 926–936. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.6.926. PMID   17486969.
2. Dentinger, B.T.M. & McLaughlin, D.J. (2006). "Reconstructing the Clavariaceae using nuclear large subunit rDNA sequences and a new genus segregated from Clavaria". Mycologia. 98 (5): 746–762. doi:10.3852/mycologia.98.5.746. PMID   17256578.
3. Redhead, S.A. (1981). "Parasitism of bryophytes by agarics". Canadian Journal of Botany. 59 (1): 63–67. doi:10.1139/b81-011.
4. Kost, G. (1988). "Interactions between Basidiomycetes and Bryophyta". Endocytobiosis and Cell Research. 5: 287–308.
5. Redhead, S.A. (1980). "Gerronema pseudogrisella". Fungi Canadenses. 170. "CBS fungal Biodiversity centre" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-05-27. Retrieved 2007-07-18.