Pseudotricholoma
| Pseudotricholoma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Tricholomataceae |
| Genus: | Pseudotricholoma (Singer) Sánchez-García & Matheny (2014) |
| Type species | |
| Pseudotricholoma umbrosum (A.H.Sm. & M.B.Walters) Sánchez-García & Matheny (2014) | |
Pseudotricholoma is a genus of fungi in the family Tricholomataceae. The genus contains two species known from the Canada, the United States and Europe. Pseudotricholoma was described the mycologists Marisol Sánchez-García and P. Brandon Matheny in 2014 with Pseudotricholoma umbrosum as the type species.[1]
Pseudotricholoma has a tricholomatoid stature, a dry fibrillose pileus and white to brown gills that have adnate to emarginate attachment and stain reddish when damaged, eventually turning black. The spores are smooth, ellipsoid to ellipsoid-oblong, thin-walled and amyloid. Cheilocystidia are rare to absent and pleurocystidia are absent. The pileipellis is a cutis and clamp connections are present. Species in Pseudotricholoma are found on soil in grasslands and woods in the Northern Hemisphere. They are probably biotrophic, and might be ectomycorrhizal.[1]
Macroscopically, it resembles Tricholoma and can be differentiated by its red staining gills.
Phylogenetically, it is closely related to Tricholoma and Leucopaxillus.[1]
Etymology
Pseudotricholoma means "fake Tricholoma".
Species
- Pseudotricholoma umbrosum (type species, from Canada and the United States)
- Pseudotricholoma metapodium (from Europe)
See also
References
- 1 2 3 Sánchez-García, Marisol (October 2014). "Deconstructing the Tricholomataceae (Agaricales) and introduction of the new genera Albomagister, Corneriella, Pogonoloma and Pseudotricholoma". Taxon 63 (5): 993–1007. doi:10.12705/635.635.3.