Fungalpedia – Note 2911, Bergerella
Bergerella Diederich & Lawrey.
Citation when using this data: Meng QF et al. – Fungalpedia.
Index Fungorum, Faceoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig 1.
Classification: Hydnaceae, Cantharellales, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi.
Bergerella was introduced by Lawrey et al. (2020) to describe the lichenicolous species B. atrofusca, which occurs on the thallus of Physcia aipolia. This genus is characterized by superficial, dark reddish-brown, shiny bulbils that are round to ellipsoid, measuring 25–35 µm in diameter and composed of thin-walled cells ranging from 6–15 µm in diameter (Lawrey et al. 2020). Hyde et al. (2024) placed Bergerella within Hydnaceae.
Type species: Bergerella atrofusca Diederich & Lawrey, on Physcia aipolia. (Lawrey et al. 2020).
Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Bergerella.
Figure 1 – Bergerella atrofusca redrawn from Lawrey et al. (2020). a Bulbils on white necrosed thallus of Physcia aipolia. b Bulbils in water. Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b = 10 μm.
References
Entry by
Meng QF, Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand and School of Public Health, Zunyi Medical University, Guizhou 563000, China.
Published online 7 August 2026