Serendipita

Serendipita is a fungal genus of the order Sebacinales. It was described in 1993 with Serendipita vermifera (originally Sebacina) as the type species.[1] In 2016, this genus was moved into its own family Serendipitaceae. [2]

Serendipita
Morphology of Serendipita herbamans: (A) Colony after two weeks of inoculation on MYP agar. (B) Colony after 6 months of inoculation on MYP agar. (C) Cylindrical and monilioid hyphae without clamps. Older monilioid hyphae become slightly yellow coloured. (D) Transmission electron micrographs showing monilioid hyphae with a septal porus at the constrictions (arrows). Scale bar C, D = 5 µm.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Sebacinales
Family:
Serendipitaceae
Genus:
Serendipita

P.Roberts (1993)
Type species
Serendipita vermifera
(Oberw.) P.Roberts (1993)
Species

S. australiana
S. communis
S. evanescens
S. herbamans
S. inclusa
S. indica
S. interna
S. invisibilis
S. lyrica
S. occidentalis
S. orliensis
S. rarihospitum
S. restingae
S. sacchari
S. secunda
S. sigmaspora
S. talbotii
S. vermifera
S. warcupii
S. whamiae
S. williamsii

Synonyms

Piriformospora

References
  1. Roberts P. (1993). "Exidiopsis species from Devon, including the new segregate genera Ceratosebacina, Endoperplexa, Microsebacina, and Serendipita". Mycological Research. 97 (4): 467–78. doi:10.1016/S0953-7562(09)80135-4.
  2. Weiß, Michael; Waller, Frank; Zuccaro, Alga; Selosse, Marc‐André (July 2016). "Sebacinales – one thousand and one interactions with land plants". New Phytologist. 211 (1): 20–40. doi:10.1111/nph.13977.


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