Megacollybia
| Megacollybia | |
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| Megacollybia platyphylla | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Marasmiaceae |
| Genus: | Megacollybia Kotl. & Pouzar |
| Type species | |
| Megacollybia platyphylla | |
| Species | |
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M. clitocyboidea | |
Megacollybia is a genus of fungus in the family Marasmiaceae. Previously thought to be monotypic, the genus was split into several species based on genetic data in 2007 . The type species, M. platyphylla, is restricted in distribution to Europe, Scandinavia, and western and central Russia.[1] M. rimosa was described as new to science from Brazil in 2013.[2]
Adults of the pleasing fungus beetle Tritoma mimetica have been recorded from supposed M. platyphylla, but as this beetle is endemic to North America, the mushroom in question seems to be one of the recently-separated American species. At any rate, Megacollybia does not seem to be a regular food source for those beetles.[3]
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References
- ↑ Hughes KW, Petersen RH, Mata JL, Psurtseva NV, Kovalenko AE, Morozova OV, Lickey EB, Blanco JC, Lewis DP, Nagasawa E, Halling RE, Takehashi S, Aime MC, Bau T, Henkel T (2007). "Megacollybia (Agaricales)" (PDF). Reports of the Tottori Mycological Institute. 45: 1–57. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-03. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ↑ Coimbra VR, Gibertoni TB, Wartchow F (2013). "Megacollybia rimosa (Agaricales), a new species from Brazil". Mycoscience. 54 (3): 206–9. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2012.08.007.
- ↑ Goodrich, Michael A. & Skelley, Paul E. (1994): Fungal host records for species of Tritoma (Coleoptera: Erotylidae) of America North of Mexico. Entomol. News 105: 289-294. PDF fulltext