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Ptechetelium

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Ptechetelium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Platygloeales
Family: Eocronartiaceae
Genus: Ptechetelium
Oberw. & Bandoni (1984)
Species:
P. cyatheae
Binomial name
Ptechetelium cyatheae
(Syd.) Oberw. & Bandoni (1984)
Synonyms

Herpobasidium cyatheae Syd. (1939)
Platycarpa boiiviensis Couch (1949)


Ptechetelium cyatheae is a species of fungus belonging to the order Platygloeales.[1] It is currently the only species in the monotypic genus Ptechetelium. The species forms effused basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on ferns, on which it is parasitic.

The known host for Ptechetelium cyatheae is the tree fern Cyathea stuebelii.[2] The fungus parasitizes host leaves, producing basidiocarps as small whitish patches that emerge through the stomata. Microscopically, the basidia are auricularioid (tubular with lateral septa) and emerge from thick-walled probasidia. The species has seldom been collected and is only known from Bolivia and Ecuador.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Bauer R, Begerow D, Sampaio JP, Weiss M, Oberwinkler F (2006). "The simple-septate basidiomycetes: a synopsis". Mycological Progress. 5 (1): 41–66. doi:10.1007/s11557-006-0502-0.
  2. ^ a b Oberwinkler F, Bandoni R (1984). "Herpobasidium and allied genera". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 83 (4): 639–658. doi:10.1016/S0007-1536(84)80184-9.