''Colacogloea'' is a

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fungi A fungus (: fungi , , , or ; or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and mold (fungus), molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as one ...

belonging to the

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Microbotryomycetes The Microbotryomycetes are a class of fungi in the subdivision Pucciniomycotina of the Basidiomycota. The class currently contains eight orders, plus three additional, unassigned families ( Chrysozymaceae, Colacogloeaceae, and Mycogloiocola ...

. Most

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in the genus are known only from their

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states. Where known,

basidiocarps In fungi, a basidiocarp, basidiome, or basidioma () is the sporocarp of a basidiomycete, the multicellular structure on which the spore-producing hymenium is borne. Basidiocarps are characteristic of the hymenomycetes; rusts and smuts do no ...

(fruit bodies) have auricularioid (laterally septate)

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and occur as parasites on or in the fruit bodies of other fungi.

Taxonomy

The genus was proposed in 1991 by

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s Franz Oberwinkler and Robert Bandoni to accommodate a species previously referred to the genus ''

Platygloea ''Platygloea'' is a genus of fungi belonging to the class Pucciniomycetes. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) of the type species are disc-shaped, gelatinous, and occur on dead wood, probably as a saprotroph. Microscopically, all species of ''Platygloea ...

'' but not related to '' Platygloea disciformis'', the

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of that genus. Unlike ''P. disciformis'', ''Colacogloea peniophorae'' (now '' Colacogloea effusa'') produces a yeast state and is parasitic on

corticioid 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 ...

fungi, interacting with host

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through vesicular bodies called colacosomes. Additional species having yeast states and colacosomes have subsequently been transferred to the genus.

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research, based on

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analysis of

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, has confirmed that ''Colacogloea'' is

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(a natural group). It has also shown that a number of yeast species, some of which were previously referred to the genus ''

Rhodotorula ''Rhodotorula'' is a genus of fungi in the class (biology), class Microbotryomycetes. Most species are known in their yeast states which produce orange to red colony (biology), colonies when grown on Sabouraud agar, Sabouraud's dextrose agar (SD ...

'', belong in ''Colacogloea''.

Species

* '' Colacogloea aletridis'' Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & A.H. Li * '' Colacogloea allantospora'' Ginns & Bandoni * '' Colacogloea armeniacae'' Q.M. Wang, G.S. Wang, Wangmu & Y. Sun * '' Colacogloea bispora'' (Hauerslev) Oberw. & R. Bauer * '' Colacogloea cycloclastica'' (Thanh, M.S. Smit, Moleleki & Fell) Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout * '' Colacogloea demeterae'' Yurkov, A.M. Schäfer & Begerow * '' Colacogloea diffluens'' (Ruinen) Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout * '' Colacogloea effusa'' (J. Schröt.) Malysheva, Schoutteten & Spirin * '' Colacogloea eucalyptica'' (C.H. Pohl, M.S. Smit & Albertyn) Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout * '' Colacogloea falcata'' (Nakase, Itoh & M. Suzuki) Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout * '' Colacogloea foliorum'' (Ruinen) Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout * '' Colacogloea hydrangeae'' Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & A.H. Li * '' Colacogloea papilionacea'' R. Kirschner & Oberw. * '' Colacogloea peniophorae'' (Bourdot & Galzin) Oberw., R. Bauer & Bandoni * '' Colacogloea philyla'' (Van der Walt, Klift & D.B. Scott) Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout * '' Colacogloea retinophila'' (Thanh, M.S. Smit, Moleleki & Fell) Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout * '' Colacogloea rhododendri'' Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai & A.H. Li * '' Colacogloea subericola'' (Belloch, Villa-Carv., Álv.-Rodríg. & Coque) Q.M. Wang & F.Y. Bai * '' Colacogloea terpenoidalis'' (Thanh, M.S. Smit, Moleleki & Fell) Q.M. Wang, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q10456650 Pucciniomycotina Basidiomycota genera Taxa named by Franz Oberwinkler Taxa described in 1991 Yeasts