Vuilleminiaceae
| Vuilleminiaceae | |
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| Family: | Vuilleminiaceae Maire ex Lotsy (1907)
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| Vuilleminia | |
Genera
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Australovuilleminia Ghobad-Nejhad & Hallenb. | |
The Vuilleminiaceae are a
temperate corticioid fungi
.
Taxonomy
History
The concept of the family was introduced by French
basidia (basidia with nuclear spindles arranged transversely), thought to be a primitive character linking the Vuilleminiaceae with the Tulasnellaceae and the Tremellales.[2] The family was not, however, widely adopted, most mycological texts preferring to place all corticioid fungi (including Vuilleminia species) in the Corticiaceae
.
The latter name was, however, not published till 1910, making the Vuilleminiaceae an earlier name for the group, as noted by Jülich in 1981.International Code of Botanical Nomenclature,[4] but this suppression of the name only applies if the two families are considered identical.
Current status
DNA sequences, has resurrected and redefined the Vuilleminiaceae for a small clade of corticioid fungi distinct from the Corticiaceae. At present, the family only contains species of the genera Australovuilleminia, Cytidia, and Vuilleminia.[5]
Habitat and distribution
All fungi within the family are wood-rotting
temperate, Cytidia and Vuilleminia species being found in the northern hemisphere and Australovuilleminia species in the southern. Only 12 species are currently included within the family.[5]
References
- ^ Maire R. (1902). "Recherches cytologiques et taxonomiques sur les Basidiomycetes". Bull. Soc. Mycol. France. 18 (supplement): 1–212.
- ^ a b Lotsy JP. (1907). Vorträge über botanische Stammesgeschichte: Band 1. Jena: Gustav Fischer. p. 828. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/77530#page/5/mode/1up
- ^ Jülich W. (1981). "Higher taxa of Basidiomycetes". Bibliotheca Mycologica. 85. Cramer.
- ^ International Code of Botanical Nomenclature (Vienna Code): Appendix IIA.B
- ^ a b Ghobad-Nejhad M, Nilsson RH, Hallenberg N (2010). "Phylogeny and taxonomy of the genus Vuilleminia (Basidiomycota) based on molecular and morphological evidence, with new insights into Corticiales". Taxon. 59: 1519–1534.