Biology:Podoserpula miranda

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Podoserpula miranda
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Amylocorticiales
Family: Amylocorticiaceae
Genus: Podoserpula
Species:
P. miranda
Binomial name
Podoserpula miranda
Buyck, Duhem, Eyssart & Ducousso 2012

Podoserpula miranda is a species of fungus in the family Amylocorticiaceae. Found in New Caledonia, it was described in 2012.[1] Its common name is the Barbie pagoda fungus[2] due to its brilliant pink color similar to cotton candy and multi-tiered appearance, possessing 3 to 6 pilei stacked one above the other which are separated by about one-half inch (about one cm) of stem between pilei rather than one pileus (mycology) (like most other agaricoid fungi), and reaching a height of four inches (ten centimeters).[3] The species epithet miranda means 'wonderful' in Latin.[2]

It grows in the soil and is associated with the Oak Gum (Arillastrum gummiferum).[4]

References

  1. "Podoserpula miranda sp. nov. (Amylocorticiales, Basidiomycota) from New Caledonia". Cryptogamie, Mycologie 33 (4): 453–51. 2012. doi:10.7872/crym.v33.iss4.2012.453. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Wheeler, Quentin; Pennak, Sara (April 30, 2013). "Chapter 1: Pretty Counts: The Prettiest New Species" (in English). What on Earth?: 100 of Our Planet's Most Amazing New Species. PLUME. pp. 20–21. ISBN 9780698148321. OCLC 937576280. https://books.google.com/books?id=gfcPAAAAQBAJ&dq=Podoserpula+miranda+barbie&pg=PA21. Retrieved 25 September 2017. 
  3. Wheeler, Quinton (October 2, 2011). "New to Nature number55 - Podoserpula miranda". https://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2011/oct/02/barbie=pagoda-new-to-nature. 
  4. "Podoserpula miranda" (in English). Index Fungorum Partnership. 2017. http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/NamesRecord.asp?RecordID=802706. Retrieved 25 September 2017. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7207056 entry