''Resupinatus'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the
family
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Tricholomataceae
The Tricholomataceae are a large family of mushrooms within the Agaricales. Originally a classic " wastebasket taxon", the family included any white-, yellow-, or pink-spored genera in the Agaricales not already classified as belonging to e.g. th ...
. Species are
saprobic
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, and often found growing on the underside of decaying wood or sides of decaying woody substrates. The generic name is derived from the
Latin
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''resupinus'' (bent backward, inverted).
Description
Species in this genus have small fruiting bodies, typically less than 1.5 cm in diameter.
Basidiocarp
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s are
pleurotoid or cyphelloid in shape,
[Thorn RG, Moncalvo J-M, Redhead SA, Lodge JD, Martin MP. (2005). A new poroid species of ''Resupinatus'' from Puerto Rico, with a reassessment of the cyphelloid genus ''Stigmatolemma''. '']Mycologia
''Mycologia'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes papers on all aspects of the fungi, including lichens. It first appeared as a bimonthly journal in January 1909, published by the New York Botanical Garden under the editorship of ...
'' 97(5): 1140-1151
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/ref> meaning they have a reduced stem, and a flattened cap that is kidney-shaped or circular when viewed from above. Gills
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are well-developed and radiate outwards from an off-center point of origin or lacking.
Species list
*'' Resupinatus alboniger –'' Singer 1978
*'' Resupinatus algidus'' ''–'' M. Lange 1955
*'' Resupinatus applicatus –'' Gray 1821
: The "smoked oysterling"
* '' Resupinatus atropellitus'' – Murrill 1915
* '' Resupinatus chilensis'' – Singer 1948
* '' Resupinatus cinerascens –'' Grgur. 1997
* '' Resupinatus conspersus'' – Thorn, Moncalvo & Redhead 2006
* '' Resupinatus dealbatus'' – Singer 1973
* '' Resupinatus graminum'' – Singer 1973
*'' Resupinatus huia – Thorn, Moncalvo & Redhead 2006''
* '' Resupinatus hyalinus'' – Thorn, Moncalvo & Redhead 2006
* '' Resupinatus incanus'' – Thorn, Moncalvo & Redhead 2006
*'' Resupinatus kavinii –'' Pilát 1931
*'' Resupinatus leightonii –'' P.D. Orton 1960
: Contains bioactive compounds with cytotoxic activity.
See also
*List of Tricholomataceae genera
The Tricholomataceae are a family of fungi in the order Agaricales. A 2008 estimate placed 78 genera and 1020 species in the family. In 2014, Sánchez-García and colleagues proposed a revised classification of the Tricholomataceae with seven gene ...
References
External links
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Tricholomataceae
Agaricales genera