Nothojafnea | |
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Genus: | Nothojafnea
Rifai (1968)
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Nothojafnea cryptotricha Rifai (1968)
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Nothojafnea is a genus of two species of cup fungi. It was originally described by Indonesian mycologist Mien Achmad Rifai in 1968 to contain the type species Nothojafnea cryptotricha, found in Australia. [1] N. thaxteri, known from Chile and Argentina, was added to the genus in 1971. [2] Both species are thought to be ectomycorrhizal; N. cryptotricha associates with Myrtaceae, while N. thaxteri is found with Nothofagus. [3]
Nothojafnea is traditionally classified in the family Pyronemataceae, [4] due to its ornamented spores and apothecial hairs. [1] Recent molecular evidence suggests that the South American N. thaxteri represents an early diverging lineage in the Tuberaceae, closely related to the Australasian genera Reddellomyces, Labyrinthomyces, and Dingleya. [3]
Nothojafnea | |
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Scientific classification | |
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Genus: | Nothojafnea
Rifai (1968)
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Type species | |
Nothojafnea cryptotricha Rifai (1968)
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Species | |
Nothojafnea is a genus of two species of cup fungi. It was originally described by Indonesian mycologist Mien Achmad Rifai in 1968 to contain the type species Nothojafnea cryptotricha, found in Australia. [1] N. thaxteri, known from Chile and Argentina, was added to the genus in 1971. [2] Both species are thought to be ectomycorrhizal; N. cryptotricha associates with Myrtaceae, while N. thaxteri is found with Nothofagus. [3]
Nothojafnea is traditionally classified in the family Pyronemataceae, [4] due to its ornamented spores and apothecial hairs. [1] Recent molecular evidence suggests that the South American N. thaxteri represents an early diverging lineage in the Tuberaceae, closely related to the Australasian genera Reddellomyces, Labyrinthomyces, and Dingleya. [3]