Itajahya

Itajahya
Itajahya galericulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Phallales
Family:	Phallaceae
Genus:	Itajahya Møller (1895)
Type species
Itajahya galericulata Møller (1895)
Species
Itajahya galericulata Itajahya hornseyi Itajahya rosea
Synonyms [1]
Alboffiella Speg. (1898) ItajahyaMøller ex Baseia & T.S.Cabral (2013)

Itajahya is a fungal genus in the family Phallaceae. The genus, widespread in tropical and subtropical areas, ^[2] contains three species. Characters in this genus include a white calyptra (tissue which covers the top of the fruit body to which the gleba is attached), and lamellate plates covered with gleba. The gleba has a white mottled surface, and the cap appears wig-like when removed of the gleba. The thick, stout stalk has many chambered walls. ^[3] The species Itajahya rosea , formerly classified in the genus Phallus , was transferred to Itajahya in 2012 when molecular phylogenetic analysis revealed that it was not closely related to other Phallus species. ^[4]

Species

Source: ^[5]

• Itajahya argentina
• Itajahya galericulata
• Itajahya hornseyi
• Itajahya rosea

References

1. "Synonymy: Itajahya Möller". Species Fungorum. CAB International. Retrieved 2014-07-08.
2. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 346. ISBN   978-0-85199-826-8.
3. Long WH, Stouffer DJ (1943). "Studies in the Gasteromycetes: IX. The genus, Itajahya, in North America" . Mycologia. 35 (6): 620–8. doi:10.2307/3754905. JSTOR   3754905.
4. Cabral TS, Marinho P, Goto BT, Baseia IG (2012). "Abrachium, a new genus in the Clathraceae, and Itajahya reassessed". Mycotaxon. 119: 419–29. doi: 10.5248/119.419 .
5. "Species Fungorum - Itajahya". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-10.

External links

• "Itajahya galericulataIleodictyon Tul. & C. Tul". Atlas of Living Australia.