''Boidinia'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
crust fungi
The corticioid fungi are a group of fungi in the Basidiomycota typically having effused, smooth basidiocarps (fruit bodies) that are formed on the undersides of dead tree trunks or branches. They are sometimes colloquially called crust fungi or pa ...
in the family
Russulaceae
The Russulaceae are a diverse family (biology), family of fungi in the order Russulales, with roughly 1,900 known species and a worldwide distribution. They comprise the Russula, brittlegills and the milk-caps, well-known mushroom-forming fungi ...
. The genus is widely distributed, and contains 10 species.
''Boidinia'' was described in 1982 with the
type species
In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
''Boidinia furfuracea'' (formerly placed in ''
Gloeocystidiellum''). It is named in honor of French mycologist Jacques Boidin.
N. Maekawa (1994) wrote: "The genus ''Boidinia'' is a satellite genus of ''Gloeocystidiellum'' and differs from the latter in forming loose texture in subiculum and globose, echinulate to verrucose basidiospores."
''Boidinia'' is probably not
monophyletic
In biological cladistics for the classification of organisms, monophyly is the condition of a taxonomic grouping being a clade – that is, a grouping of organisms which meets these criteria:
# the grouping contains its own most recent co ...
and needs taxonomical redefinition.
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Species
*'' B. aculeata''
*'' B. borbonica''
*'' B. cana''
*'' B. dendrophysata''
*'' B. donkii''
*'' B. furfuracea''
*'' B. granulata''
*'' B. lacticolor''
*'' B. luteola''
*'' B. macrospora''
*'' B. permixta''
*'' B. peroxydata''
*'' B. propinqua''
References
Russulales
Russulales genera
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