Ditangium is a genus of fungi in the family Sebacinaceae. Species form gelatinous basidiocarps (fruitbodies) on wood, often with similarly gelatinous anamorphs (asexual states). Species appear to be saprobic and occupy deciduous and coniferous trees at an early decomposition stage.[1]

Ditangium
Ditangium cerasi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Sebacinales
Family: Sebacinaceae
Genus: Ditangium
P. Karst. (1870)
Type species
Ditangium insigne
P. Karst. (1870)
Species

Ditangium altaicum
Ditangium cerasi
Ditangium incarnatum

Synonyms

Craterocolla

Taxonomy

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Historically, the name Digantium referred to the anamorphic state and Craterocolla to the teleomorphic state. Following changes to the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants, the practice of giving different names to teleomorph and anamorph forms of the same fungus was discontinued, meaning that Craterocolla became a synonym of the earlier name Ditangium.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Weiß M, Selosse M-A, Rexer K, Urban A, Oberwinkler F (2004). "On ) Sebacinales: a hitherto overlooked cosm of heterobasidiomycetes with a broad mycorhizal potential". Mycological Research. 108: 1003–1010. doi:10.1017/S0953756204000772.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Malysheva V, Spirin V, Miettinen O, Kout J, Savchenko A, Larsson KH (2019). "On Craterocolla and Ditangium (Sebacinales, Basidiomycota)". Mycological Progress. 18 (5): 753–762. doi:10.1007/s11557-019-01485-3. hdl:11025/34863.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)