Russula campinensis

Russula campinensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Agaricomycetes
Order:	Russulales
Family:	Russulaceae
Genus:	Russula
Species:	R. campinensis
Binomial name
	Russula campinensis; (Singer) T.W. Henkel, Aime & S.L. Mill. (2000)
Synonyms
	Lactarius campinensis Singer 1985; ; Pleurogala campinensis (Singer) Redhead & Norvell (1993);

Russula campinensis is a neotropical species in the genus Russula. This species is highly different from most other known Russula species in that it has very small (2–17 mm), pleurotoid fruitbodies that develop on tree trunks in up to 2 m elevation from the forest floor.^[2] It was described as Lactarius campinensis from Brazil (Amazonas) by Rolf Singer.^[3] T.W. Henkel, M.C. Aime and S.L. Miller later found this species in tropical rainforest of the Pakaraima Mountains, Guyana, and showed with molecular phylogenetic methods that it belongs to Russula.^[2] Although forming fruitbodies on wood, R. campinensis is a root-symbiotic ectomycorrhizal species and has been observed in Guyana associated with Dicymbe altsonii^[2] and D. jenzenii^[4] trees in the legume subfamily Caesalpinioideae.

References

^ "MycoBank: Russula campinensis". Retrieved 2014-11-03.
^ ^a ^b ^c Henkel T, Aime MC, Miller SL (2000). "Systematics of Pleurotoid Russulaceae from Guyana and Japan, with Notes on Their Ectomycorrhizal Status". Mycologia. 92 (6): 1119–1132. doi:10.2307/3761479. JSTOR 3761479.
^ Singer R. (1985). "Tropical Russulaceae. II. Lactarius section Panuoidei". Nova Hedwigia. 40: 435–447.
^ Smith ME, Henkel TW, Uehling JK, Fremier AK, Clarke DH, Vilgalys R (2013). "The Ectomycorrhizal Fungal Community in a Neotropical Forest Dominated by the Endemic Dipterocarp Pakaraimaea dipterocarpacea". PLOS ONE. 8 (1): e55160. Bibcode:2013PLoSO...855160S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055160. PMC 3561384. PMID 23383090.

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