Cribbea

Cribbea
Cribbea sp. from New South Wales, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Physalacriaceae
Genus:	Cribbea A.H.Sm. & D.A.Reid (1962)
Type species
Cribbea gloriosa (D.A.Reid) A.H.Sm. & D.A.Reid (1962)
Species
C. andina C. gloriosa C. reticulata C. turbinispora

Cribbea is a genus of secotioid fungi in the family Physalacriaceae. The genus has a widespread distribution in southern temperate areas, and, according to a 2008 estimate, contains four species. ^[1] A new species, Cribbea turbinispora , was reported from Australia in 2009, and in the same publication, C. lamellata was synonymized with C. gloriosa . The genus is named after mycologist Joan Cribb, in recognition of her contribution to fungal taxonomy. ^[2]

Although Rolf Singer, Jorge Eduardo Wright and Egon Horak created the family Cribbeaceae to contain the genus in 1963, ^[3] molecular phylogenetic analysis has shown that the genus belong to the Physalacriaceae, with affinities to the genera Xerula and Oudemansiella . ^[2]

References

1. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 176. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
2. Lebel T, Catcheside PS (2009). "The truffle genus Cribbea (Physalacriaceae, Agaricales) in Australia". Australian Systematic Botany. 22: 39–55. doi:10.1071/SB07041.
3. Singer R, Wright JE, Horak E (1963). "Monographs of South American Basidiomycetes, especially those of the east slope of the Andes and Brazil. VI. "Mesophilliaceae" and "Cribbeaceae" of Argentina and Brazil". Darwiniana. 12 (3): 598–611.