Fungalpedia – Note 944, Gymnopus

 

Gymnopus. Pers.

Citation when using this data Manawasinghe IS et al. 2022 (in prep.) – Fungalpedia, Basidiomycota.

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Classification: Omphalotaceae, Agaricales, Agaricomycetidae, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi

Gymnopus is a large agaricoid genus with a worldwide distribution. There are 373 published names in the (Index Fungorum 2020). The genus includes delicate to semi-fleshy mushrooms commonly found on leaves and woody litter in tropical and temperate ecosystems (Mata & Ovrebo 2009). Ecologically, Gymnopus species are saprotrophic and considered important for the recycling of nutrients (Singer 1986, Mata & Ovrebo 2009). According to Antonín & Noordeloos (1997), the genus originally consisted of four sections viz. Gymnopus, Levipedes, Vestipedes, and Striipedes, among which the sect. Vestipedes included two subsections: Impudicae and Vestipedes. Antonín & Noordeloos (2010) raised the subsect. Impudicae to the sectional rank and the position of sect. Impudicae within the genus Gymnopus was further confirmed (Wilson & Desjardin 2005, Mata et al. 2007, Ryoo et al. 2016).

Type species: Gymnopus fusipes (Bull.) Gray 1821 (Designated by Donk, Bull. Jard. bot. Buitenz, 3 Sér. 18: 120. 1949).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Gymnopus.

 

 

Figure 1 – Gymnopus bunerensis (LAH35878, holotype). a Basidia. b Basidiospores. c Cheilocystidia. d Pileipellis. e Caulocystidia. Drawings by Muhammad Ishaq. Scale bars: a, c, d, e = 20 μm, b = 10 μm.

 

References

Antonín V, Noordeloos ME. 1997 – A monograph of Marasmius, Collybia and related genera in Europe. Part 2: Collybia, Gymnopus, Rhodocollybia, Crinipellis, Chaetocalathus, and additions to Marasmiellus. Libri Botanici 17,1–256.

Antonín V, Noordeloos ME. 2010 – A monograph of marasmioid and collybioid fungi in Europe. IHW Verlag, Eching, 478 pp.

Mata JL, Hughes KW, Petersen RH. 2007 – An investigation of Omphalotaceae (Fungi: Euagarics) with emphasis of the genus Gymnopus. Sydowia 58, 191–289.

Mata JL, Ovrebo CL. 2009 – New reports and illustrations of Gymnopus for Costa Rica and Panama. Fungal Diversity 38, 125−131.

Ryoo R, Antonín V, KA KH, Tomšovský M. 2016 – Marasmioid and gymnopoid fungi of the Republic of Korea. 8. Gymnopus section Impudicae. Phytotaxa 286, 75‒88.

Wilson AW, Desjardin DE. 2005 – Phylogenetic relationships in the gymnopoid and marasmioid fungi (Basidiomycetes, euagarics clade). Mycologia 97, 667–679.

 

Entry by

Ishara Sandeepani Manawasinghe, Innovative Institute for Plant Health, Zhongkai University of Agriculture and Engineering, Guangzhou 510225, PR of China

Published online 25 April 2022

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