Fungalpedia – Note 508, Kryptastrinales
Kryptastrinales Doweld
Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Macrofungi.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1
Classification: Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Incertae sedis, Pucciniomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi
Kryptastrinales was introduced as a new order by Doweld (2014), together with the new family Kryptastrinaceae. This order is characterized by basidiocarps, hymenia, cystidia, lack of hyphidia, pyramidally tetrahedral basidiospores, and thin-walled.
Type family: Kryptastrinaceae Doweld
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Kryptastrinales
Figure 1 – Kryptastrina inclusa. a Mature, transversely septate basidium with sterigmata and attached spores. b Basidiospore attached to sterigma. Scale bars: a, b=20 μm. Redrawn from Oberwinkler (1990).
References
Doweld AB. 2014 – Nomenclatural novelties. Index Fungorum 81, 1-1.
Entry by
Tibpromma S, Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011 P.R. China.
(Edited by Samaneh Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani, & Achala R. Rathnayaka)
Published online 9 December 2024