Resupinatus

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Resupinatus
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Resupinatus applicatus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Resupinataceae
Genus: Resupinatus
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Type species
Resupinatus applicatus
(Batsch) Gray
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Resupinatus is a genus of fungi in the family Resupinataceae, of which it is the only member. [2] Species are saprobic, and often found growing on the underside of decaying wood or sides of decaying woody substrates. The generic name is derived from the Latin resupinus (bent backward, inverted).

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Description

Species in this genus have small fruiting bodies, typically less than 1.5 cm in diameter. Basidiocarps are pleurotoid or cyphelloid in shape, [3] meaning they have a reduced stem, and a flattened cap that is kidney-shaped or circular when viewed from above. Gills are well-developed and radiate outwards from an off-center point of origin or lacking. [4]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Resupinatus: [5]

References

  1. ↑ Resupinatus in MycoBank.
  2. ↑ Vizzini, A.; Alvarado, P.; Consiglio, G.; Marchetti, M.; Xu, J. (2024). "Family matters inside the order Agaricales: systematic reorganization and classification of incertae sedis clitocyboid, pleurotoid and tricholomatoid taxa based on an updated 6-gene phylogeny". Studies in Mycology. 107 (1): 67–148.
  3. ↑ Thorn RG, Moncalvo J-M, Redhead SA, Lodge JD, Martin MP. (2005). A new poroid species of Resupinatus from Puerto Rico, with a reassessment of the cyphelloid genus Stigmatolemma. Mycologia 97(5): 1140-1151. PDF
  4. 1 2 Bas, C; Noordeloos, M. E (1995-06-01). Flora Agaricina Neerlandica ... - Google Book Search. CRC Press. ISBN   9789054106166 . Retrieved 2009-01-01.
  5. ↑ "Loading..." www.mycobank.org. Retrieved 2023-11-22.
  6. ↑ Eilbert F, Engler-Lohr M, Anke H, Sterner O (September 2000). "Bioactive sesquiterpenes from the basidiomycete Resupinatus leightonii". J. Nat. Prod. 63 (9): 1286–7. doi:10.1021/np0002031. PMID   11000039.
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