Fungalpedia – Note 945, Heliocybe

 

Heliocybe. Redhead & Ginns.

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

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Classification: Gloeophyllaceae, Gloeophyllales, Incertae sedis, Agaricomycetes, Agaricomycotina, Basidiomycota, Fungi

Heliocybe belongs to the Gloeophyllaceae Julich, the genus was established by Redhead & Ginns (1985), and H. sulcata is the type species (He et al. 2019). The Heliocybe species are brown rot fungi (Saitta et al. 2011, Rune 1994). There are two species in the genus which are H. sulcata and H. villosa. Heliocybe sulcata differs from H. villosa by having more robust basidiomata and yellowish-brown scales instead of brownish-orange (Gilbertson et al 1976, Garcia-Sandoval et al. 2011 and Zhang et al. 2018). In this present study, we introduce a new geographical record from Laos 

Type species: Heliocybe sulcata (Berk.) Redhead & Ginns, Trans. Mycol. Soc. Japan 26(3): 359 (1985).

Other accepted species: Species Fungorum – search Heliocybe.

 

 

Figure 1 – a, b Fresh basidiomata of Heliocybe villosa in the field (a = HNL503374. b = HNL503410, new geographical record). Micromorphology features c Basidiospores. d Basidia. e Cheilocystidia. f Trichodermal pileipellis. Scale bar: a–b = 50 mm, c–d = 10 μm, b = 10 μm,
f = 20 μm.

 

References

Garcia-Sandoval R, Wang Z, Binder M, Hibbett DS. 2011 – Molecular phylogenetics of the Gloeophyllales and relative ages of clades of Agaricomycotina producing a brown rot. Mycologia 103, 510–524.

Gilbertson RL, Burdsall Jr HH, Canfield ER. 1976 – Fungi that decay mesquite in southern Arizona. Mycotaxon 3, 487–551.

He MQ, Zhao RL, Hyde KD, Begerow D et al. 2019 – Notes, outline and divergence times of Basidiomycota. Fungal Diversity 99, 105–367.

Redhead SA, Ginns JH. 1985 – A reappraisal of agaric genera associated with brown rots of wood. Transactions of the Mycological Society of Japan 26, 349–381. [in Japanese].

Rune F. 1994 – Neolentinus – a well-founded genus in Pleurotaceae that includes Heliocybe. Mycological Research 98, 542–544.

Saitta A, Bernicchia A, Gorjón SP, Altobelli E et al. 2011 – Biodiversity of wood-decay fungi in Italy. Plant Biosystems-An International Journal Dealing with all Aspects of Plant Biology 145, 958–968.

Zhang M, LI T, Song B. 2018 – Heliocybe villosa sp. nov., a new member to the genus Heliocybe (Gloeophyllales). Phytotaxa 349, 173–178.

 

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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