Thaxterogaster cinereoroseolus

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Thaxterogaster cinereoroseolus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Cortinariaceae
Genus: Thaxterogaster
Species:
T. cinereoroseolus
Binomial name
Thaxterogaster cinereoroseolus
(Danks, T. Lebel & Vernes) Niskanen & Liimat. (2022)
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Known only from New South Wales, Australia
Synonyms
  • Cortinarius cinereoroseolusDanks, T. Lebel & Vernes (2010)

Thaxterogaster cinereoroseolus is a species of truffle-like fungus in the family Cortinariaceae. [1] Found in New South Wales, Australia, the species was described as new to science in 2010.

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Taxonomy

The species was first described scientifically by Melissa Danks, Teresa Lebel, and Karl Vernes in a 2010 issue of the journal Persoonia. The type collection was made in Mount Kaputar, New South Wales (Australia) in July 2007. Molecular analysis of internal transcribed spacer DNA sequences indicates that Cortinarius cinereoroseolus groups together in a subclade with two undescribed sequestrate Cortinarius species, and that this subclade is sister to a clade containing the agaric species C. australis , C.  chalybaeus , C. porphyropus , C. purpurascens and C. purpurascens var. largusoides; all of these species belong to the section Purpurascens of the genus Cortinarius . The specific epithet caesibulga is derived from the Latin words cinereo (greyish) and roseolus (light pink) and refers to the colour of the fruit bodies. [2]

In 2022 the species was transferred from Cortinarius and reclassified as Thaxterogaster cinereoroseolus based on genomic data. [3]

Description

Thaxterogaster cinereoroseolus has a sequestrate fruit body, meaning that its spores are not forcibly discharged from the basidia, and it remains enclosed during development, including at maturity. The shape of the caps ranges from irregularly spherical to like an inverted cone, and they measure 1.1–2.7 cm (0.4–1.1 in) long by 1.1–2.4 cm (0.43–0.94 in) in diameter. A white to silvery-grey partial veil connects the cap to the stipe. The colour of the outer skin of the cap (the pellis) is cream mixed with pale pink, lilac, and grey, and it is smooth with a finely hairy texture. Remnants of the greyish silky universal veil are readily rubbed off with handling. The flesh is white to cream and 3–8 mm (0.1–0.3 in) thick. The internal spore-bearing tissue of the cap (the hymenophore) is pale brown at first, but darkens as the spores mature. A white stipe extends into the fruit body through its entire length; it measures 5–11 mm (0.2–0.4 in) long by 3–6 mm (0.1–0.2 in) thick, with a bulbous base that extends 3 mm (0.1 in) below the cap. Fruit bodies have no distinctive taste, but smell somewhat of flowers or like chlorine. The spores are broadly egg-shaped and measure 7–8.9 by 5.1–6.4  μm. They are covered irregularly with nodules up to 1.5 μm high. The thin-walled basidia (spore-bearing cells) are hyaline (translucent), club-shaped to cylindrical, four-spored, and have dimensions of 28–40 by 7–9 μm. There are clamp connections present in the hyphae of both the cap and the hymenium. [2]

Habitat and distribution

The fruit bodies of Thaxterogaster cinereoroseolus grow in the ground under litterfall in subalpine areas of the Kaputar Plateau. [2] Plants typically associated with the fungus include Eucalyptus dalrympleana , E. pauciflora and Poa sieberiana with scattered Acacia melanoxylon , Acacia sp., Hibbertia obtusifolia , Lomatia arborescens , Monotoca scaparia , Olearia rosemanifolia and Pultanea satulosa . The fungus has also been collected in wet sclerophyll forests where Acacia melanoxylon , Blechnum cartilagineum , Coprosma quadrifida , Cyathea australis , Lomandra multiflora , Lomatia arborescens and Poa sieberiana are the predominant plants. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Species Fungorum - Thaxterogaster cinereoroseolus (Danks, T. Lebel & Vernes) Niskanen & Liimat". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2023-01-13.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Danks M, Lebel T, Verns K (2010). "'Cort short on a mountaintop' – Eight new species of sequestrate Cortinarius from sub-alpine Australia and affinities to sections within the genus". Persoonia. 24: 106–26. doi:10.3767/003158510X512711. PMC   2890163 . PMID   20664764. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. ↑ Liimatainen, Kare; Kim, Jan T.; Pokorny, Lisa; Kirk, Paul M.; Dentinger, Bryn; Niskanen, Tuula (2022-01-01). "Taming the beast: a revised classification of Cortinariaceae based on genomic data". Fungal Diversity. 112 (1): 89–170. doi:10.1007/s13225-022-00499-9. hdl: 2299/25409 . ISSN   1878-9129.
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