Mollicarpus

Mollicarpus is a fungal genus in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed in 1984 by mycologist Walter Ginns to contain the species Mollicarpus cognatus.[2] This fungus was first described by Miles Joseph Berkeley in 1877 as Trametes cognatus.[3] Mollicarpus cognatus has short, broadly ellipsoid spores, and cyanophilous binding hyphae that are usually dextrinoid. These features are not present in members of the similar genus Coriolopsis. Mollicarpus cognatus is known only from southeast Asia, where it grows on rotting wood.[2]

Mollicarpus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Polyporales
Family:
Polyporaceae
Genus:
Mollicarpus

Ginns (1984)
Type species
Mollicarpus cognates
(Berk.) Ginns (1984)
Synonyms
  • Trametes cognatus Berk. (1878)
  • Coriolopsis cognatus (Berk.) Ryvarden (1984)
  • Trametes cognata var. crassior Corner (1989)
  • Trametes cognata var. microspora Corner (1989)
  • Hexagonia cognata (Berk.) Teixeira (1994)[1]

References
  1. Teixeira, Alcides Ribeiro (1994). Genera of Polyporaceae: an objective approach. Boletim da Chácara Botânica de Itu. 1. pp. 1–91. OCLC 717604392.
  2. Ginns, J. (1984). "Mollicarpus gen. nov. (Polyporaceae) with notes on Coriolopsis byrsina, Phellinus crocatus, and Polystictus crocatus var. sibiricus". Mycotaxon. 19: 71–80.
  3. Berkeley, M.J. (1878). "Enumeration of the fungi collected during the Expedition of H.M.S. 'Challenger', 1874–75. (Third notice)". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 16 (89): 38–54. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.1877.tb00170.x.


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