Myrmecridium

Myrmecridium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Subdivision: Pezizomycotina
Class: Sordariomycetes
Order: incertae sedis
Family: incertae sedis
Genus: Myrmecridium
Arzanlou, W.Gams & Crous (2007)
Type species
Myrmecridium schulzeri
(Sacc.) Arzanlou, W.Gams & Crous (2007)
Species
  • M. banksiae
  • M. flexuosum
  • M. obovoideum[1]
  • M. phragmitis
  • M. schulzeri
  • M. thailandicum

Myrmecridium is a genus of fungi in the class Sordariomycetes. Circumscribed in 2007, it is distinguished from similar fungi by having entirely hyaline (translucent) vegetative hyphae, and widely scattered, pimple-shaped denticles (toothlike projections) on the long hyaline rachis. The generic name derives from a combination of the Ancient Greek wordmyrmekia, meaning "wart", and the suffix -ridium from Chloridium.[2]

References

  1. Jiea CY, Zhoua QX, Zhao WS, Jiang YL, Hyde KD, Mckenzie EH, Wang Y (2013). "A new Myrmecridium species from Guizhou, China". Mycotaxon. 124: 1–8. doi:10.5248/124.1.
  2. Arzanlou M, Groenewald JZ, Gams W, Braun U, Crous PW (2007). "Phylogenetic and morphotaxonomic revision of Ramichloridium and allied genera". Studies in Mycology. 58: 57–93. doi:10.3114/sim.2007.58.03.


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