Dissoderma paradoxum
| Dissoderma paradoxum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Agaricales |
| Family: | Squamanitaceae |
| Genus: | Dissoderma |
| Species: | D. paradoxum
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| Binomial name | |
| Dissoderma paradoxum | |
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Cystoderma paradoxum A.H.Sm. & Singer (1948)[2] | |
Dissoderma paradoxum, which has the recommended English name of powdercap strangler in the UK,[4] is a species of fungus in the family Squamanitaceae. It is a parasitic fungus that grows on the fruit bodies of another fungus, Cystoderma amianthinum.[5] It takes over the host and replaces the cap and gills with its own but retains the original stipe, creating in effect a hybrid between the two.[6] The species was first described as Cystoderma paradoxum by American mycologists Alexander H. Smith and Rolf Singer in 1948, based on specimens collected in Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon.[2] Cornelis Bas transferred the species to the genus Squamanita in 1965.[3] Recent molecular research, based on cladistic analysis of DNA sequences, has however shown that the species does not belong in Squamanita sensu stricto but in the related genus Dissoderma.[5] The species occurs in both North America and Europe.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Singer R. (1973). "Diagnoses fungorum novorum Agaricalium III". Beihefte zur Sydowia. 7: 1–106 (see p. 69).
- ^ a b Smith AH, Singer R. (1948). "Notes on the genus Cystoderma". Mycologia. 40 (4): 454–60. doi:10.2307/3755152. JSTOR 3755152.
- ^ a b Bas C. (1965). "The genus Squamanita". Persoonia. 3: 331–59.
- ^ Holden L. (April 2022). "English names for fungi 2022". British Mycological Society. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
- ^ a b c Saar I, Thorn RG, Nagasawa E, Henkel TW, Cooper JA (2022). "A phylogenetic overview of Squamanita, with descriptions of nine new species and four new combinations". Mycologia. 114 (4): 769–797. doi:10.1080/00275514.2022.2059639. PMID 35695889. S2CID 249623155.
- ^ Sterry, Paul; Hughes, Barry (2009). Collins Complete Guide to British Mushrooms & Toadstools. HarperCollins.