Lyoathelia

Lyoathelia is a fungal genus in the family Atheliaceae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single corticioid (crust-like) species Lyoathelia laxa.[6] Originally found in Canada, it is now known to occur as well in the United States and Japan.[1]

Lyoathelia
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Lyoathelia

Hjortstam & Ryvarden (2004)[1]
Type species
Lyoathelia laxa
(Burt) Hjortstam & Ryvarden (2004)
Synonyms[2]
  • Peniophora laxa Burt (1926)[3]
  • Athelia laxa (Burt) Jülich (1972)[4]
  • Hyphodontia laxa (Burt) Y.Hayashi (1974)[5]

References

  1. Hjortstam K, Ryvarden L (2004). "Some new and noteworthy corticioid fungi (Basidiomycotina, Aphyllophorales) from Japan". Synopsis Fungorum. 18: 8–13.
  2. "Lyoathelia laxa (Burt) Hjortstam & Ryvarden". MycoBank. International Mycological Association. Retrieved 2012-11-03.
  3. Burt EA. (1925). "The Thelephoraceae of North America. XIV. Peniophora'". Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden. 12 (3): 213–357 (see p. 224). doi:10.2307/2394076. JSTOR 2394076.
  4. Jülich W. (1972). "Monographie der Athelieae (Corticiaceae, Basidiomycetes)". Willdenowia Beiheft (in German): 90.
  5. Hayashi Y. (1974). "Studies on the genus Peniophora Cke. and its allied genera in Japan". Bulletin of the Government Forest Experimental Station Meguro. 260: 1–98 (see p. 52).
  6. Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 395. ISBN 9780851998268.


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