| Atheniella | |
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| Atheniella adonis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Porotheleaceae |
| Genus: | Atheniella Redhead, Moncalvo, Vilgalys, Desjardin, B.A.Perry (2012) |
| Type species | |
| Atheniella adonis (Bull.) Redhead, Moncalvo, Vilgalys, Desjardin, B.A.Perry (2012) | |
| Species | |
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Atheniella adonis | |
Atheniella is an agaric fungal genus that produces mostly brightly colored (yellow, pink, orange, or red) mycenoid fruit bodies on small plant debris on forest floors, in fields and bogs. It is not a member of the Mycenaceae, and unlike most Mycenaceae, its basidiospores and tissues do not react with iodine. Atheniella species were most recently classified in Mycena because of their stature. However, they lack amyloid spores and tissues bewildering taxonomists, leading to temporary placements in Hemimycena and Marasmiellus before being phylogenetically excluded from both genera and the Mycenaceae. Most recently the genus has been classified in the Porotheleaceae. Currently 12 species are recognized.
Etymology
The name Atheniella is an allusion to Athena because of the combination of beautiful coloration armed with the shield or spear-like stature of the mycenoid fruit bodies and also a play on the etymological link between Mycenaean culture and the ancient origins of the generic name Mycena, and of Athena alluding to the older classification of Atheniella species in the genus Mycena.
References
- Gminder A (2016). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum. 302: 1. ISSN 2049-2375.
- Læssøe T, Petersen JH (2019). Fungi of Temperate Europe Vol 1. Princeton University Press. ISBN 9780691180373.
- ^ Moncalvo JM, Vilgalys R, Redhead SA, Johnson JE, James TY, Catherine Aime M, Hofstetter V, Verduin SJ, Larsson E, Baroni TJ, Greg Thorn R, Jacobsson S, Clémençon H, Miller OK (2002). "One hundred and seventeen clades of euagarics" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 23 (3): 357–400. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(02)00027-1. PMID 12099793.
- Aronsen A, Larsson E (2016). "Studier i släktet Mycena - 2. Mycena floridula –en färgvariant av Mycena flavoalba (gulvit hätta)". Svensk Mykologisk Tidsk. 37 (3): 26–31.
- Cooper J (2016). "NZ species in Mycenella, Hemimycena, Atheniella and Mycena pp.(suborder Marasmineae incertae sedis" (PDF). Mycological Notes. 33.
- Matheny PB, Hughes KW, Kalichman J, Lebeuf, R (2020). "Pulverulina, a New Genus of Agaricales for Clitocybe ulmicola". Southeastern Naturalist. 19 (3): 447–459. doi:10.1656/058.019.0301. S2CID 222001684.
- Ge Y, Liu Z, Zeng H, Cheng X, Na Q (2021). "Updated description of Atheniella (Mycenaceae, Agaricales), including three new species with brightly coloured pilei from Yunnan Province, southwest China". MycoKeys. 81: 139–164. doi:10.3897/mycokeys.81.67773. PMC 8295246. PMID 34305422.
- ^ Redhead SA. (2012). "Nomenclatural novelties" (PDF). Index Fungorum. 14: 1. ISSN 2049-2375.
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| Atheniella | |