Fungalpedia – Note 540, Bulbilla
Bulbilla Diederich, Flakus & Etayo
Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Lichenicolous fungi.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1
Classification: Incertae sedis, Cantharellales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi.
Diederich et al. (2014) introduced Bulbilla in Cantharellales to accommodate Bulbilla applanata based on ITS sequence data and ultrastructural analyses with the type species B. applanata. Bulbilla is a monotypic genus that is characterized by relatively large, lichenicolous, greyish yellow to greyish orange, basally constricted, internally adherent polyhedral cells, beige, translucent, applanate bulbils, without clamps (Diederich et al. 2014). This genus was placed in a new genus because it differs morphologically from all other bulbil-forming genera of Cantharellales (Diederich et al. 2014). To date, this genus has accommodated one species, Bulbilla applanate (type species), collected from Bolivia, and no new species have been found.
Type species: Bulbilla applanata Diederich, Flakus & Etayo
Other accepted species: This genus is monotypic.
Figure 1 – Morphology of Bulbilla applanata. a, b Bulbilla on the thallus of Pseudocyphellaria. c Polyhedral cells and photobiont cells of host. Scale bars: a, b = 200 μm, c = 20 μm. Redrawn from Diederich et al. (2014).
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Zhang X, Excellence Center of Microbial Diversity and Sustainable Utilization, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Chiang Mai University, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand; Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, China
(Edited by Saowaluck Tibpromma, Samaneh Chaharmiri-Dokhaharani, & Achala R. Rathnayaka)
Published online 9 December 2024