Cystodermella

Cystodermella
Cystodermella cinnabarina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Agaricales
Family:	Agaricaceae
Genus:	Cystodermella Harmaja
Type species
Cystodermella granulosa (Batsch) Harmaja

Cystodermella is a genus of fungi in the family Agaricaceae.

The genus comprises approximately 12 species, noted for producing agaric fruiting bodies, bearing a cap, white gills and stem with a fine, ephemeral ring. The genus was devised by Harmaja in 2002, dividing the older genus Cystoderma into three independent genera: Cystoderma, Ripartitella and Cystodermella largely on the basis of microscopic differences. Cystodermella species bear non-amyloid spores and sometimes cystidia. The spores, in contrast to Ripartitella are not echinulate.

Species of the genus have a saprotrophic mode of nutrition, and occur around the world.

List of species

Below is an incomplete list of Cystodermella species.

• Cystodermella adnatifolia
• Cystodermella ambrosii
• Cystodermella cinnabarina
• Cystodermella contusifolia
• Cystodermella cristallifera
• Cystodermella elegans
• Cystodermella granulosa
• Cystodermella japonica
• Cystodermella myriadocystis
• Cystodermella subpurpurea

Resources

• Saar I., Põldmaa K., Kõljalg U. (2009). "The phylogeny and taxonomy of genera Cystoderma and Cystodermella (Agaricales) based on nuclear ITS and LSU sequences" (in English). Mycological Progress 8 (1): 59–73. 

External links

• Cystodermella in Index Fungorum.