''Trechispora'' is a
genus
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of
fungi
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in the
family
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Hydnodontaceae.
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) are variously
corticioid (effused, patch-forming) or
clavarioid (branched and coral-like) with spore-bearing surfaces that are variously smooth to
hydnoid or
poroid. The genus occurs worldwide, though individual species may be localized. Around 50 species have been described to date.
Taxonomy
''Trechispora'' was introduced in 1890 by Finnish
mycologist
Mycology is the branch of biology concerned with the study of fungi, including their taxonomy, genetics, biochemical properties, and use by humans. Fungi can be a source of tinder, food, traditional medicine, as well as entheogens, poison, and ...
Petter Karsten
Petter Adolf Karsten (16 February 1834 – 22 March 1917) was a Finnish mycologist, the foremost expert on the fungi of Finland in his day, and known in consequence as the "father of Finnish mycology".
Karsten was born in Merimasku near Turku ...
to describe a fragile, effused fungus with a poroid
hymenium
The hymenium is the tissue layer on the hymenophore of a fungal fruiting body where the cells develop into basidia or asci, which produce spores. In some species all of the cells of the hymenium develop into basidia or asci, while in oth ...
and small, spiny basidiospores. His
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and only species, ''T. onusta'', is now known to be a synonym of the earlier name ''Polyporus hymenocystis'' (= ''
Trechispora hymenocystis'').
Additional species with a similar micromorphology have subsequently been added to the genus.
The genus ''Scytinopogon'' was introduced by
Rolf Singer
Rolf Singer (June 23, 1906 – January 18, 1994) was a German mycologist and Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist of gilled mushrooms (agarics).
He wrote the book "The Agaricales in Modern Taxonomy (biology), Taxonomy". He fled to various countries d ...
in 1945 to accommodate tropical and subtropical fungi with
clavarioid basidiocarps having flattened branches and producing small, spiny to warty basidiospores.
Molecular
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research, based on
cladistic
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analysis of
DNA sequences
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, has however shown that ''Scytinopogon'' species are nested within ''Trechispora''
(which they resemble microscopically) and are consequently not a separate genus but are simply ''Trechispora'' species with clavarioid basidiocarps.
Species
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Trechispora alnicola
''Trechispora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hydnodontaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are variously corticioid (effused, patch-forming) or clavarioid (branched and coral-like) with spore-bearing surfaces that are variously smooth to ...
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Trechispora amianthina
''Trechispora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hydnodontaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are variously corticioid (effused, patch-forming) or clavarioid (branched and coral-like) with spore-bearing surfaces that are variously smooth to ...
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Trechispora antipus
''Trechispora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hydnodontaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are variously corticioid (effused, patch-forming) or clavarioid (branched and coral-like) with spore-bearing surfaces that are variously smooth to ...
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Trechispora araneosa
''Trechispora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hydnodontaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are variously corticioid (effused, patch-forming) or clavarioid (branched and coral-like) with spore-bearing surfaces that are variously smooth to ...
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Trechispora bispora
''Trechispora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hydnodontaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are variously corticioid (effused, patch-forming) or clavarioid (branched and coral-like) with spore-bearing surfaces that are variously smooth to ...
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Trechispora brasiliensis
''Trechispora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hydnodontaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are variously corticioid (effused, patch-forming) or clavarioid (branched and coral-like) with spore-bearing surfaces that are variously smooth to ...
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Trechispora brassicicola
''Trechispora'' is a genus of fungi in the family Hydnodontaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are variously corticioid (effused, patch-forming) or clavarioid (branched and coral-like) with spore-bearing surfaces that are variously smooth to ...
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Trechispora byssinella''
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Trechispora canariensis''
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Trechispora candidissima''
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Trechispora caucasica''
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Trechispora chartacea''
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Trechispora clancularis''
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Trechispora cohaerens''
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Trechispora copiosa''
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Trechispora dimitica''
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Trechispora donkii''
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Trechispora elongata''
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Trechispora farinacea''
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Trechispora fastidiosa''
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Trechispora gelatinosa''
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Trechispora gillesii''
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Trechispora gloeospora''
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Trechispora granulifera''
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Trechispora havencampii''
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Trechispora hymenocystis''
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Trechispora incisa''
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Trechispora invisitata''
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Trechispora kavinioides''
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Trechispora laevis''
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Trechispora microspora''
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Trechispora minima''
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Trechispora minispora''
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Trechispora minuta''
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Trechispora mollusca''
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Trechispora mutabilis''
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Trechispora nivea''
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Trechispora pallescens
''Trechispora'' is a genus of fungi in the family (biology), family Hydnodontaceae. Basidiocarps (fruit bodies) are variously corticioid (effused, patch-forming) or clavarioid (branched and coral-like) with spore-bearing surfaces that are various ...
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Trechispora papillosa''
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Trechispora petrophila''
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Trechispora polygonospora''
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Trechispora praefocata''
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Trechispora regularis''
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Trechispora rigida''
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Trechispora sphaerocystis''
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Trechispora sphaerospora''
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Trechispora stellulata''
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Trechispora stevensonii''
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Trechispora subhelvetica''
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Trechispora subsphaerospora''
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Trechispora tenuicula''
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Trechispora termitophila''
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Trechispora trigonospora''
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Trechispora variseptata''
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Trechispora verruculosa''
References
Trechisporales
Trechisporales genera
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