Mycetinis

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Mycetinis
Mycetinis scorodonius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Omphalotaceae
Genus: Mycetinis
Earle (1909)[1]
Type species
Mycetinis alliaceus
(Jacq.) Earle (1909)
Species

M. alliaceus
M. applanatipes
M. copelandii
M. curraniae
M. kallioneus
M. opacus
M. querceus
M. salalis
M. scorodonius

Mycetinis is a genus of fungus in the Omphalotaceae family, containing about eight species formerly classified in Marasmius.[2]

General[edit]

This group of mushrooms was long known as a section (Alliacei) within the more familiar genus Marasmius, which means that each of the species has a synonym under Marasmius. They are distinguished from other Marasmius by the hymeniform cap skin which consists of smooth cells, with hyphae which do not show a dextrinoid reaction. The species have a characteristic garlic smell.[3]

DNA studies showed that the group is phylogenetically allied more to genus Gymnopus than to Marasmius, but the distinct structure of the cap skin is thought to justify a separation at the genus level. Franklin Sumner Earle had already defined the genus name Mycetinis for this group in 1909, though it had not caught on, and in 2005 Wilson & Desjardin proposed to resurrect this name and redefine it for the current taxonomy. The new phylogenetic classification also means that the group belongs to family Omphalotaceae instead of Marasmiaceae.[3][4]

A new species, M. curraniae, was described in 2012.

Species[edit]

Image Name Notes Distribution
Mycetinis alliaceus Type species Europe
Mycetinis applanatipes California
Mycetinis cinnamomeus S. Australia[5]
Mycetinis copelandii California[5]
Mycetinis curraniae New Zealand[5]
(Mycetinis epidryas) Synonym of Rhizomarasmius epidryas Arctic (Europe, Canada & Alaska) or alpine
Mycetinis kallioneus Arctic (Greenland & Svarlbard)[5]
Mycetinis olidus N. America[5]
Mycetinis opacus N. America, Japan[5]
Mycetinis prasiosmus Scandinavia and continental Europe[5]
Mycetinis querceus Europe, N. Africa
Mycetinis salalis N. America[5]
Mycetinis scorodonius Also has a smaller form "forma diminutivus" found only in Washington state urban environments[5] Mainly Europe, also N. Africa, N. America, Israel
Mycetinis virgultorum Mediterranean[3]
Mycetinis yunnanensis Yunnan, China[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Earle FS. (1906). "The genera of North American gill fungi". Bulletin of the New York Botanical Garden. 5: 373–451 (see p. 414).
  2. ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 446. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
  3. ^ a b c Antonín, V.; Noordeloos, M. E. (2010). A monograph of marasmioid and collybioid fungi in Europe. Berchtesgaden, DE: IHW Verlag. pp. 395–396. ISBN 978-3-930167-72-2.
  4. ^ Wilson AW, Desjardin DE (2005). "Phylogenetic relationships in the gymnopoid and marasmioid fungi (Basidiomycetes, euagarics clade)". Mycologia. 97 (3): 667–679. doi:10.1080/15572536.2006.11832797. PMID 16392255. S2CID 218589623.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Petersen RH, Hughes KW (2017). "An investigation on Mycetinis (Euagarics, Basidiomycota)". MycoKeys. 26: 1–138. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.24.12846.