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Piloderma
Sign in to savePiloderma is a genus of fungi in the family Atheliaceae. The distinguishing characteristics of Piloderma are the thick-walled (roughly 0.25 μm) basidiospores, the club-shaped basidia with stalk-like bases, and the clampless-septate hyphae. The widespread genus contains six species.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumBasidiomycota
- ClassAgaricomycetes
- OrderAtheliales
- FamilyAtheliaceae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 39
- With media
- 17
- Family
- Atheliaceae
- Collections
- NY, DUKE, UT, FLAS, TENN-F, MEL
- Recorded in
- Canada, New Zealand, United States, Cameroon, Australia, Sweden, Guyane FrançAise, Belize
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Ecology
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Piloderma is a genus of fungi in the family Atheliaceae. The distinguishing characteristics of Piloderma are the thick-walled (roughly 0.25 μm) basidiospores, the club-shaped basidia with stalk-like bases, and the clampless-septate hyphae. The widespread genus contains six species.
== Ecology == Piloderma is known to be a key ectomycorrhizal species in conifer forests, assisting in nitrogen recycling and assimilation.
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