Eocronartium
Eocronartium | |
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Eocronartium muscicola Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Basidiomycota |
Class: | Pucciniomycetes |
Order: | Platygloeales |
Family: | Eocronartiaceae |
Genus: | Eocronartium G.F. Atk. (1902)
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Species: | E. muscicola
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Binomial name | |
Eocronartium muscicola (
Pers. ) Fitzp. (1918) | |
Synonyms | |
Clavaria muscicola Pers., Observ. mycol. (Lipsiae) 2: 60 (1800) |
Eocronartium muscicola is a
basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on mosses, on which it is parasitic.[4]
At least 21 moss species, all in the
subclass Bryidae, are recorded as hosts for Eocronartium muscicola.[5] The fungus parasitizes its host through its gametophytic transfer cells.[4] The species appears to be widespread, with most reports from Europe, North and South America.[6]
References
- PMID 17486966.
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- ^ Holden L. "English names for fungi - April 2022". British Mycological Society. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ^ doi:10.1139/b88-113.
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- ^ Sandoval P, Henríquez JL, Faúndez L, Larraín JP, Owen RJ (2012). "First records of Eocronartium muscicola (Basidiomycota, Eocronartiaceae) in Chile on two new hosts" (PDF). Gayana - Botanica. 69 (1): 100–104.