Fibularhizoctonia is a genus of fungus in the Atheliaceae family. The genus, circumscribed in 1996,[1] contains three widespread species that are anamorphs of Athelia.[2] One species of Fibularhizoctonia is commonly known as the cuckoo fungus[3] because it makes sclerotia, also called termite balls, which mimic termite eggs.[4] The name Athelia termitophila sp. nov. has been proposed for the teleomorph of termite balls.[5] The generic name had been incorrectly modified to "Fibulorhizoctonia"[2] in some publications but this change is not a nomenclaturally supportable spelling correction. The genome sequences of two species of Fibularhizoctonia have been described.[6]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Atheliales |
| Family: | Atheliaceae |
| Genus: | Fibularhizoctonia G.C. Adams & Kropp (1996) |
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References
edit- ^ Adams GC, Kropp BR (1996). "Athelia arachnoidea, the sexual state of Rhizoctonia carotae, a pathogen of carrot in cold storage". Mycologia. 88 (3): 459–72. doi:10.2307/3760886. JSTOR 3760886.
- ^ a b Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CAB International. p. 257. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Matsuura K, Yashiro T, Shimizu K, Tatsumi S, Tamura T (2009). "Cuckoo fungus mimics termite eggs by producing the cellulose-digesting enzyme beta-glucosidase". Current Biology. 19 (1): 30–6. Bibcode:2009CBio...19...30M. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2008.11.030. PMID 19110429.
- ^ Dunn R. (18 February 2012). "By looking carefully, Japanese scientist discovers the secrets of termite balls". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-24.
- ^ Maekawa, Nitaro; Yokoi, Hiroaki; Sotome, Kozue; Matsuura, Kenji; Tanaka, Chihiro; Endo, Naoki; Nakagiri, Akira; Ushijima, Shuji (2020-11-01). "Athelia termitophila sp. nov. is the teleomorph of the termite ball fungus Fibularhizoctonia sp". Mycoscience. 61 (6): 323–330. doi:10.1016/j.myc.2020.08.002. ISSN 1340-3540. S2CID 225399817.
- ^ Konkel, Zachary; Scott, Kelsey; Slot, Jason C. (2021-01-07). "Draft Genome Sequence of the Termite-Associated "Cuckoo Fungus," Athelia (Fibularhizoctonia) sp. TMB Strain TB5". Microbiology Resource Announcements. 10 (1). doi:10.1128/MRA.01230-20. ISSN 2576-098X. PMC 8407714. PMID 33414338.
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