Coll. VK 2801
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Myrmecocystis mediterranea J.M. Vidal, Kaounas, G. Moreno & P. Alvarado, Mycologia, 110 (2): 412 (2018).
Basionym Myrmecocystis mediterranea J.M. Vidal, Kaounas, G. Moreno & P. Alvarado, Mycologia, 110 (2): 412 (2018).
Diagnosis Hypogeous, yellowish, lobed and opened (although openings not obvious), peridium and epithecium similar, hymenium forming discontinuous pockets, spores globose, 28–40 μm diam, found in Mediterranean Europe, probably associated with Quercus ilex or Pinus spp.
Type BCN-JMV910209-2 - holotypus
Misinterpretation
Genabea cerebriformis (Harkn.) Trappe, Mycotaxon, 2: 118 (1975), s. auct. Eur., fide Alvarado et al. (2018).
MycoBank 822845
Literature
Agnello C., Kaounas V. 2010. Ruhlandiella berolinensis, Genabea cerebriformis, Helvella astieri: tre rarissime specie raccolte in Grecia. Micologia e Vegetazione Mediterranea, 25 (2): 129-140.
Alvarado P., Healy R., Moreno G., Cabero J., Scholler M., Schneider A., Vizzini A., Kaounas V., Vidal J.M., Hensel G., Rubio E., Mujic A., Smith M.E. 2018. Phylogenetic studies in Genabea, Myrmecocystis, and related genera. Mycologia, 110 (2): 401-418.
Montecchi A., Sarasini M. 2000. Funghi Ipogei d'Europa.
Vidal J.M. 1991. Contribución al conocimiento de la flora micológica del Baix Empordà y zonas limítrofes (Catalunya). IV. Hongos hipogeos (Zygomycotina, Ascomycotina y Basidiomycotina). Butlletí Societat Catalana de Micologia, 14-15: 143-194.
Classification: Pyronemataceae, Myrmecocystis
Created on 17/02/2019.
Updated on 09/08/2023.
