Pterulaceae Explained

The Pterulaceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. According to a 2008 estimate, the family contained 99 species previously distributed among 12 genera.[1] More recent data from molecular phylogenetic reconstruction showed that members of the genus Parapterulicium are unrelated to Pterulaceae and also polyphyletic. A new genus Baltazaria was created and both genera were moved to Russulales, to families Lachnocladiaceae and Peniophoraceae respectively.[2]

A major reappraisal of Pterulaceae was recently published by Leal-Dutra et al.,[3] creating the new genus Myrmecopterula, to encompass those species cultivated by Apterostigma ants in the neotropics,[4] and resurrecting the genus Phaeopterula to accommodate species with darker basidiomes. The genus Deflexula was merged into Pterulicium. Additionally, the genera Aphanobasidium, Radulomyces and Radulotubus were removed to a new family, Radulomycetaceae.

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  1. Book: Kirk MP, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA . Dictionary of the Fungi . 10th . CAB International . Wallingford, UK . 2008 . 576 . 978-0-85199-826-8.
  2. Leal-Dutra. Caio A.. Neves. Maria Alice. Griffith. Gareth W.. Reck. Mateus A.. Clasen. Lina A.. Dentinger. Bryn T. M.. 2018-07-31. Reclassification of Parapterulicium Corner (Pterulaceae, Agaricales), contributions to Lachnocladiaceae and Peniophoraceae (Russulales) and introduction of Baltazaria gen. nov.. MycoKeys. 37. 39–56. 10.3897/mycokeys.37.26303. 1314-4057. 6081468. 30116138 . free .
  3. Leal-Dutra. Caio A.. Griffith. Gareth W.. Neves. Maria Alice. McLaughlin. David J.. McLaughlin. Esther G.. Clasen. Lina A.. Dentinger. Bryn T. M.. 2020-01-30. Reclassification of Pterulaceae Corner (Basidiomycota: Agaricales) introducing the ant-associated genus Myrmecopterula gen. nov., Phaeopterula Henn. and the corticioid Radulomycetaceae fam. nov.. IMA Fungus. 11. 1. 2. 10.1186/s43008-019-0022-6. 32617254 . 7325140 . 2210-6359. free.
  4. Dentinger. Bryn T. M.. Lodge. D. Jean. Munkacsi. Andrew B.. Desjardin. Dennis E.. McLaughlin. David J.. 2009. Phylogenetic Placement of an Unusual Coral Mushroom Challenges the Classic Hypothesis of Strict Coevolution in the Apterostigma Pilosum Group Ant–Fungus Mutualism. Evolution. en. 63. 8. 2172–2178. 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00697.x. 19453731. 1558-5646. free.

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