Russula campinensis

Russula campinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Subclass: Agaricomycetidae
Order: Russulales
Family: Russulaceae
Genus: Russula
Species: R. campinensis
Binomial name
Russula campinensis
(Singer) T.W. Henkel, Aime & S.L. Mill. (2000)
Synonyms[1]
  • Lactarius campinensis Singer 1985
  • Pleurogala campinensis (Singer) Redhead & Norvell (1993)

Russula campinensis is a neotropical species in the genus Russula. This species is highly different from most other known Russula species in that it has very small (2-17 mm), pleurotoid fruitbodies that develop on tree trunks in up to 2 m elevation from the forest floor.[2] It was described as Lactarius campinensis from Brazil (Amazonas) by Rolf Singer.[3] T.W. Henkel, M.C. Aime and S.L. Miller later found this species in tropical rainforest of the Pakaraima Mountains, Guyana, and showed with molecular phylogenetic methods that it belongs to Russula.[2] Although forming fruitbodies on wood, R. campinensis is a root-symbiotic ectomycorrhizal species and has been observed in Guyana associated with Dicymbe altsonii[2] and D. jenzenii[4] trees in the legume subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

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References

  1. ↑ "MycoBank: Russula campinensis". Retrieved 2014-11-03.
  2. 1 2 3 Henkel T, Aime MC, Miller SL. (2000). "Systematics of Pleurotoid Russulaceae from Guyana and Japan, with Notes on Their Ectomycorrhizal Status". Mycologia 92 (6): 1119–1132. doi:10.2307/3761479. JSTOR 3761479.
  3. ↑ Singer R. (1985). "Tropical Russulaceae. II. Lactarius section Panuoidei". Nova Hedwigia 40: 435–447.
  4. ↑ Smith ME, Henkel TW, Uehling JK, Fremier AK, Clarke DH, Vilgalys R. (2013). "The Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Community in a Neotropical Forest Dominated by the Endemic Dipterocarp Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea". PLOS ONE 8: e55160. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055160.

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