Cairneyella

Cairneyella
Cairneyella variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pezizomycotina
Order:	Helotiales
Family:	Helotiaceae
Genus:	Cairneyella Midgley & Tran-Dinh
Type species
Cairneyella variabilis (Midgley & Tran-Dinh)

Cairneyella is a genus of at least two ericoid mycorrhizal and root-associated fungi that is, to date, endemic to Australian plants, mostly from the family Ericaceae. ^[1] It has been demonstrated to form typical ericoid mycorrhizal coils in hair roots and is known to enhance the growth of ericaceous seedlings. ^[2] The genus is named in honour of John Cairney, an Australian-Scottish mycologist.

Species

• Cairneyella variabilis
• Cairneyella sp. 2.

References

1. Midgley DJ.; Rosewarne CP.; Greenfield P.; Li D.; Vockler CJ.; Hitchcock CJ.; Sawyer NS.; Brett R.; Edwards J.; Pitt JI; Tran-Dinh N. (2016). "Genomic insights into the carbohydrate catabolism of Cairneyella variabilis gen. nov. sp. nov., the first reports from a genome of an ericoid mycorrhizal fungus from the southern hemisphere". Mycorrhiza. 26: 345–52. doi:10.1007/s00572-016-0683-6.
2. Palmer J.; Horton BM.; Allaway WG.; Ashford AE. (2004). "Growth stimulation of Woollsia pungens by a natural ericoid mycorrhizal fungal endophyte". Australasian Mycologist. 26: 1–8.

External links

• Cairneyella in Index Fungorum