Fungalpedia – Note 505, Burgellopsis
Burgellopsis Diederich & Lawrey
Citation when using this data: Tibpromma et al. 2024 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Lichenicolous fungi.
Index Fungorum, Facesoffungi, MycoBank, GenBank, Fig. 1
Classification: Hydnaceae, Cantharellales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi.
Based on LSU sequence and ultrastructural analyses, Diederich et al. (2014) introduced Burgellopsis as a monotypic genus within Hydnaceae, Cantharellales in Agaricomycetes with the type species Burgellopsis nivea. Burgellopsis is characterized by white, superficial, roundish to irregular bulbils 100–220 mm in diam., roundish to polyhedral cells internally of indistinctly catenate, clamps absent (Diederich et al. 2014). In terms of morphology, Burgellopsis can be distinguished from Burgella by Bulbils being completely white, and no yellowish lipid droplets can be seen under a microscope, translucent. In phylogenetic analysis, the new gene Burgellopsis is sister to Burgella clade, so it was introduced Burgellopsis to accommodate the new species Burgellopsis nivea (Diederich et al. 2014). Currently, only one species has been accepted and no further species have been introduced to this genus, which remains monotypic.
Type species: Burgellopsis nivea Diederich & Lawrey
Other accepted species: This genus is monotypic.
Figure 1 –Morphology of Burgellopsis nivea. a Burgellopsis over sterile, saxicolous lichen. b Bulbil (surface view) at a higher magnification. c Bulbil after pressure on cover glass, separating inner cells. Scale bars: a = 200 μm, b, c = 20 μm. Redrawn from Diederich et al. (2014).
Reference
Entry by
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