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Podoserpula miranda

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Species of fungus

Podoserpula miranda
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Amylocorticiales
Family: Amylocorticiaceae
Genus: Podoserpula
Species: P. miranda
Binomial name
Podoserpula miranda
Buyck, Duhem, Eyssart & Ducousso 2012

Podoserpula miranda is a species of fungus in the family Amylocorticiaceae. Found in New Caledonia, it was described in 2012. Its common name is the Barbie pagoda fungus due to its brilliant pink color similar to cotton candy and multi-tiered appearance, possessing 3 to 6 pilei stacked one above the other which are separated by about one-half inch (about one cm) of stem between pilei, as opposed to having a single pileus like most other agaricoid fungi. The species reaches a height of four inches (ten centimeters). Its specific epithet miranda means 'wonderful' in Latin.

It grows in the soil and is associated with the Oak Gum tree, Arillastrum gummiferum.

References

  1. Buyck B, Duhem B, Eyssartier G, Ducousso M (2012). "Podoserpula miranda sp. nov. (Amylocorticiales, Basidiomycota) from New Caledonia". Cryptogamie, Mycologie. 33 (4): 453–51. doi:10.7872/crym.v33.iss4.2012.453. S2CID 84533183.
  2. ^ Wheeler, Quentin; Pennak, Sara (April 30, 2013). "Chapter 1: Pretty Counts: The Prettiest New Species". What on Earth?: 100 of Our Planet's Most Amazing New Species. PLUME. pp. 20–21. ISBN 9780698148321. OCLC 937576280. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  3. Wheeler, Quinton (October 2, 2011). "New to Nature number55 - Podoserpula miranda". Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  4. "Podoserpula miranda". Index Fungorum. Index Fungorum Partnership. 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.

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Taxon identifiers
Podoserpula miranda


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