Ramariopsis
| Ramariopsis | |
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| Ramariopsis kunzei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Clavariaceae |
| Genus: | Ramariopsis ( Corner (1950)
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| Type species | |
| Ramariopsis kunzei (Fr.) Corner (1950)
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36 species
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Ramariopsis is a
coral fungi in the family Clavariaceae. The genus has a collectively widespread distribution and contains about 40 species.[1] The name means 'having the appearance of Ramaria
'.
Taxonomy
Ramariopsis was originally defined as a
E.J.H. Corner promoted the subgenus to generic status in his 1950 world monograph of clavarioid fungi.[3]
electron microscopy to examine the ultrastructural details of the spore surface, which revealed that the spores considered smooth with conventional light microscopy were ornamented at the ultrastructural level. They determined that the genus could be divided into three groups based on spore ornamentation. The Kunzei group have a discontinuous tunica (sheath) that form verrucae (warts); the Biformis group have a continuous tunica that form verrucae; and the Minutula group have a continuous tunica that form rugosities (wrinkles or creases).[6]
Description
Species have upright
basidia are mostly four-spored. Spores are broadly ellipsoid or roughly spherical, with a maximum length of 5.5 μm. They are hyaline, finely echinulate or warted, and each contains a large oil-drop or guttule.[7]
Distribution
Ramariopsis species are widely distributed in semi-evergreen to wet evergreen shola forests of the Western Ghats, Kerala, India and occur scattered in dense clumps on soil and rarely on rotten wood.[7] Two species, viz. Ramariopsis kunzei and R. pulchella have been reported from the Western Ghats.[7]
Species
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As of August 2015[update], Index Fungorum include 36 valid species in Ramariopsis.[8] Petersen described over a dozen new species from New Zealand in 1988.[9]
- R. agglutinata R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. alutacea R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. asperulospora (G.F.Atk.) Corner 1950
- R. asterella (G.F.Atk.) Corner 1950
- R. aurantioolivacea R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. avellanea R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. avellaneo-inversa R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. bicolor R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. biformis (G.F.Atk.) R.H.Petersen 1964
- R. californica R.H.Petersen 1969
- R. cinnamomipes R.H.Petersen 1978
- R. citrina Schild 1971
- R. clavuligera (R.Heim) Corner 1950
- R. costaricensis L.D.Gómez 1972
- R. cremicolor R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. crocea (Pers.) Corner 1950
- R. dealbata (Berk.) R.H.Petersen 1984
- R. flavescens R.H.Petersen 1969
- R. hibernica Corner 1971
- R. holmskjoldii(Oudem.) R.H.Petersen 1978
- R. junquillea R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. kunzei (Fr.) Corner 1950
- R. longipes R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. luteotenerrima (Overeem) R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. minutula (Bourdot & Galzin) R.H.Petersen 1966
- R. novae-hibernica Corner 1971
- R. ovispora R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. pseudosubtilis R.H.Petersen 1969
- R. pulchella (Boud.) Corner 1950
- R. ramarioides R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. simplex R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. subtilis (Pers.) R.H.Petersen 1978
- R. tenuicula (Bourdot & Galzin) R.H.Petersen 1969
- R. tenuiramosa Corner 1950
- R. tortuosa R.H.Petersen 1988 – New Zealand
- R. vestitipes (Peck) Corner 1950
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Donk MA. (1933). "Revision der Niederländischen Homobasidiomycetae-Aphyllophoraceae. Teil II". Mededeelingen van de Nederlandsche Mycologische Vereeniging (in German). 22.
- ^ Corner EJH. (1950). "A Monograph of Clavaria and Allied Genera". Annals of Botany Memoirs. 1. Cambridge University Press: 700.
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- ^ ISBN 978-81-85041-73-5.
- ^ Kirk PM. "Species Fungorum (version 30th July 2015). In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life". Retrieved 22 August 2015.
- ^ Petersen RH. (1988). "The clavarioid fungi of New Zealand". Bulletin of the New Zealand Department of Industrial Research. 236: 1–170.
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