Galiella is a genus of fungi in the family Sarcosomataceae. The genus is widely distributed in northern temperate regions, and according to one estimate, contains eight species.[1]
| Galiella | |
|---|---|
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| Galiella rufa | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Sarcosomataceae |
| Genus: | Galiella Nannf. & Korf (1957) |
| Type species | |
| Galiella rufa | |
Taxonomy
editGaliella was described in 1957 by Richard Korf and John Axel Nannfeldt. In the early 1950s, French mycologist Marcelle Louise Fernande Le Gal used the generic name Sarcosoma to treat several species that she did not think belonged in the same genus as Sarcosoma globosum, the type species.[2][3] As Korf later pointed out, this usage contravened the rules of botanical nomenclature.[4] Korf and Nannfield proposed Galiella to accommodate these species, and set G. rufa as the type. The generic name honors French mycologist Marcelle Louise Fernande Le Gal.[5]
Description
editGaliella includes bulgarioid species (those with a morphology similar to those in Bulgaria) with spores featuring surface warts that are made of callose-pectic substances that stain with methyl blue dye.[5]
Species
editReferences
edit- ^ Kirk PM, Cannon PF, Minter DW, Stalpers JA (2008). Dictionary of the Fungi (10th ed.). Wallingford, UK: CABI. p. 271. ISBN 978-0-85199-826-8.
- ^ Le Gal M. (1951). "Observations sur Sarcosoma orientale Pat. et Sarcosoma rufum (Schw.) Rehm". Bull Soc Mycol Fr (in French). 67: 101–106.
- ^ Le Gal M. Les Discomycètes de Madagascar. Prodrome à Flore Mycologique de Madagascar et Dépendanes (in French). Vol. 4. pp. 1–465.
- ^ Korf RP. (1957). "Nomenclatural Notes. II. On Bulgaria, Phaeobulgaria and Sarcosoma". Mycologia. 49 (1): 102–106. doi:10.2307/3755733. JSTOR 3755733.
- ^ a b Korf RP. (1957). "Two bulgarioid genera: Galiella and Plectania". Mycologia. 49 (1): 107–111. doi:10.2307/3755734. JSTOR 3755734.
External links
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