Geastrum entomophilum, a new earthstar with an unusual spore dispersal strategy

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 2008Publisher:Biodiversity Heritage LibraryJournal:Mycotaxon, volume 104, pages 449-453 (issn: 0093-4666, eissn: 2154-8889,

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Authors: Fazolino, E. P.; Diego Calonge, Francisco de; Baseia, Iuri G.;

doi: 10.5962/p.414417

handle: 10261/93414

Geastrum entomophilum, a new earthstar with an unusual spore dispersal strategy

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[EN]A new species of gasteroid basidiomycete in Northeast Brazil, Geastrum entomophilum is described and illustrated. Geastrum species are known for dispersing their spores by a bellows type mechanism: however, in the fruit bodies of the new species, various beetles were found inside the gleba, which likely contribute to spore dispersal. This taxon is morphologically-separated from the other known species primarily by the endoperidium ornamentation formed by fascicles of worm-shaped hyphae.

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Tropical fungi, Geastraceae, Gasteromycetes, Atlantic rainforestal, Taxonomy

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