Kingdom Fungi Class Agaricomycetes Rank Genus | Division Basidiomycota Family Stephanosporaceae Order Russulales | |
Similar Schenella pityophila, Gastrosporium, Setchelliogaster, Descomyces | ||
Stephanospora fungi kingdom
Stephanospora is a genus of gasteroid fungi in the family Stephanosporaceae (order: Russulales). As of September 2015, Index Fungorum lists six species in the genus; nine new Australasian species were described in 2014 from collections previously thought to represent S. flava.
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Taxonomy
Stephanospora was circumscribed by French mycologist Narcisse Théophile Patouillard in 1914 with S. caroticolor (formerly classified as a species of Hydnangium) as the type species.
Species
Natural compounds
The "carrot truffle", Stephanospora caroticolor, contains the compound stephanosporin, a 2-chloro-4-nitrophenol precursor. The compound, which gives the fruitbody its orange colour, converts to the toxic 2-chloro-4-nitrophenolate when the fruitbody is injured.
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