Genus of fungi
| Stephanospora | |
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| The cross section of a sporocarp from an unknown species of Stephanospora | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Stephanosporaceae |
| Genus: | Stephanospora Pat. (1914) |
| Type species | |
| Stephanospora caroticolor (Berk.) Pat. (1914) | |
Stephanospora is a genus of truffle-like gasteroid fungi in the order Agaricales. In 2014, nine new Australasian species were described from collections previously thought to represent S. flava.
Taxonomy
Stephanospora was circumscribed by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1914 with S. caroticolor (formerly classified as a species of Hydnangium) as the type species.
Species
- S. aorangi Beever, Castellano & T.Lebel (2015)
- S. caroticolor (Berk.) Pat. (1914)
- S. chilensis (E.Horak) J.M.Vidal (2005) — South America, Europe
- S. corneri Pegler & T.W.K.Young (1979) — Singapore
- S. cribbae T.Lebel & Castellano (2015) — Australia
- S. flava (Rodway) G.W.Beaton, Pegler & T.W.K.Young (1985) — Australia, South Africa
- S. hystrispora T.Lebel & Castellano, (2015) — Australia
- S. kanuka T.Lebel & Castellano (2015) — New Zealand
- S. novae-caledoniae T.Lebel, Castellano & K.Hosaka (2015) — New Caledonia
- S. occidentiaustralis T.Lebel & Castellano (2015) — Australia
- S. papua T.Lebel & Castellano (2015) — Papua New Guinea
- S. penangensis Corner & Hawker (1953) — Peninsular Malaysia
- S. poropingao T.Lebel & Castellano (2015) — New Zealand
- S. pounamu T.Lebel & Castellano (2015) — New Zealand
- S. redolens (G.Cunn.) E.Horak (1979)
- S. sheoak T.Lebel & Castellano (2015) — Australia
- S. tetraspora T.Lebel, Beever & Castellano (2015) — Australia
Natural compounds
The "carrot truffle", Stephanospora caroticolor, contains the compound stephanosporin, a 2-chloro-4-nitrophenol precursor. The compound, which gives the fruitbody its orange colour, converts to the toxic 2-chloro-4-nitrophenolate when the fruitbody is injured.
References
- Lebel T, Castellano MA, Beever RE (2014). "Cryptic diversity in the sequestrate genus Stephanospora (Stephanosporaceae: Agaricales) in Australasia". Fungal Biology. 119 (4): 201–228. doi:10.1016/j.funbio.2014.12.007. PMID 25813509.
- Patouillard NT. (1914). "Quelques Champignons du Congo". Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France (in French). 30 (3): 336–346.
- Vidal JM. (2005). "The genus Stephanospora Pat., two new combinations" (PDF). Revista Catalana de Micologia. 26: 97–111.
- Pegler DN, Young TWK (1953). "The gasteroid Russulales". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 72 (3): 353–388 (see p. 383). doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(79)80143-6.
- Corner EJH, Hawker LE (1953). "Hypogeous fungi from Malaya". Transactions of the British Mycological Society. 36 (2): 125–137 (see p. 130). doi:10.1016/s0007-1536(53)80057-4.
- Lang M, Spiteller P, Hellwig V, Steglich W (2001). "Stephanosporin, a "traceless" precursor of 2-chloro-4-nitrophenol in the gasteromycete Stephanospora caroticolor". Angewandte Chemie International Edition in English. 40 (9): 1704–1705. doi:10.1002/1521-3773(20010504)40:9<1704::AID-ANIE17040>3.0.CO;2-L. PMID 11353486.
External links
- "Stephanospora Pat.". Atlas of Living Australia.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Stephanospora | |