Stagnicola (fungus)

Stagnicola
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Basidiomycota
Class:
Agaricomycetes
Order:
Agaricales
Family:
Mythicomycetaceae
Genus:
Stagnicola

Redhead & A.H.Sm. (1986)
Type species
Stagnicola perplexa
(P.D.Orton) Redhead & A.H.Sm. (1986)
Synonyms
  • Phaeocollybia perplexa P.D.Orton (1977)
  • Naucoria cidaris var. minor (Fr.) Sacc. (1887)
  • Simocybe parvispora Bandala, Esteve-Rav. & Montoya (2008)

Stagnicola is an agaric fungal genus that contains the single species Stagnicola perplexa. This fungus colonizes plant debris in wet coniferous forest floor depressions and shallow pools, and fruits after the pools drain or dry in late summer to early fall in North America (Canada, USA) and Europe. The genus is characterized by smooth, yellowish brown basidiospores lacking a germ pore, and a naucorioid appearance, with brownish mycelium at the base of the stems.[1] Phylogenetically, Stagnicola appeared rather isolated[2] and proved to be closest to Mythicomyces[3] and Mythicomyces was closest to the Psathyrellaceae.[4] In 2019 the two genera were shown to be closely related and placed in a new family, Mythicomycetaceae sister to the Psathyrellaceae.[5]

Stagnicola perplexa is considered to be a rare fungus and is on list of rare mushrooms in the Pacific Northwest of the USA[6] and in Europe.

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