Eocronartium

Eocronartium
Eocronartium muscicola Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Platygloeales
Family: Eocronartiaceae
Genus: Eocronartium
G.F. Atk. (1902)
Species:
E. muscicola
Binomial name
Eocronartium muscicola
(Pers.) Fitzp. (1918)
Synonyms

Clavaria muscicola Pers., Observ. mycol. (Lipsiae) 2: 60 (1800)
Clavaria muscigena P. Karst., Not. Sällsk. Fauna et Fl. Fenn. Förh. 9: 373 (1868)
Eocronartium muscigena (Sacc.) Höhn., Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-naturw. Kl., Abt. 1 118: 1463 (1909)
Eocronartium typhuloides G.F. Atk., J. Mycol. 8(3): 107 (1902)
Helicobasidium typhuloides (G.F. Atk.) Pat., Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 36: 176 (1920)
Helicobasidium typhuloides var. orientale Pat., Bull. Soc. mycol. Fr. 36: 176 (1920)
Pistillaria muscicola (Pers.) Fr., Syst. mycol. (Lundae) 1: 498 (1821)
Typhula muscicola (Pers.) Fr., Epicr. syst. mycol. (Upsaliae): 585 (1838)


Eocronartium muscicola is a species of fungus belonging to the order Platygloeales. It is currently the only species in the monotypic genus Eocronartium.[1][2] In the UK its recommended English name is moss rust.[3] The species forms clavarioid basidiocarps (fruit bodies) on mosses, on which it is parasitic.[4]

At least 21 moss species, all in the subclass Bryidae, are recorded as hosts for Eocronartium muscicola.[5] The fungus parasitizes its host through its gametophytic transfer cells.[4] The species appears to be widespread, with most reports from Europe, North and South America.[6]

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