Bruceomyces
| Bruceomyces | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Lecanoromycetes |
| Order: | Lecanorales |
| Family: | Bruceomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Bruceomyces Rikkinen (2012) |
| Species: | B. castoris
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| Binomial name | |
| Bruceomyces castoris (Rikkinen) Rikkinen (2012)
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Bruceomyces is a fungal genus in the family Bruceomycetaceae,[1] containing the single species Bruceomyces castoris.
Taxonomy
A
plant genus.[3] The generic name honors lichenologist Bruce McCune (b.1952), who studied western North American lichen flora.[4] The specific epithet castoris means "beaver", "which play an important role in the ecology of resinicolous fungi in the Pacific Northwest".[2] The family Bruceomycetaceae was circumscribed to contain Bruceomyces as well as Resinogalea, another resinicolous (resin-loving) fungus.[5]
Description
Consisting of a rounded protuberance (the capillitium) at the end of a straight or curved thin brownish-black stalk, the
apothecium.[2]
Habitat and distribution
Bruceomyces castoris was isolated from the
red alder (Alnus rubra).[2]
References
- hdl:11336/151990.
- ^ a b c d Rikkinen, J. (2003). "New resinicolous ascomycetes from beaver scars in western North America" (PDF). Annales Botanici Fennici. 40 (6): 443–450.
- ^ Tuovila, H.; Rikkinen, J.; Huhtinen, S. (2012). "Nomenclatural corrections in calicioid fungi" (PDF). Karstenia. 52: 73–74.
- ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
- hdl:10138/309662.