Eocronartium

Eocronartium is a monotypic genus of fungi belonging to the family Eocronartiaceae.[2] It only contains one known species, Eocronartium muscicola (Pers.) Fitzp.[3]

Eocronartium
Eocronartium muscicola Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Pucciniomycetes
Order: Platygloeales
Family: Eocronartiaceae
Genus: Eocronartium
George Francis Atkinson[1]
Synonyms
  • Clavaria muscicola Pers., Observ. mycol. (Lipsiae) 2: 60 (1800)
  • Clavaria muscigena P. Karst., Not. Sällsk. Fauna et Fl. Fenn. Förh. 9: 373 (1868)
  • Clavaria uncialis subsp. muscigena Sacc., Syll. fung. (Abellini) 6: 730 (1888)
  • 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)

The genus and species has almost cosmopolitan distribution, it is not recorded in Russia, Greenland or parts of northern Canada.[2]

Former species;[3]

  • Eocronartium muscigena (Sacc.) Höhn. (1909) = Eocronartium muscicola
  • Eocronartium typhuloides G.F. Atk. (1902) = Eocronartium muscicola

References
  1. Atkinson, G.F. 1902. Preliminary note on two new genera of Basidiomycetes. Journal of Mycology. 8:106-107
  2. "Eocronartium". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  3. "Species Fungorum - GSD Species". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 5 January 2023.
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