Brachycybe petasata
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| Brachycybe petasata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
| Class: | Diplopoda |
| Order: | Platydesmida |
| Family: | Andrognathidae |
| Genus: | Brachycybe |
| Species: | B. petasata |
| Binomial name | |
| Brachycybe petasata Loomis, 1936 | |
Brachycybe petasata is a species of millipede in the order Platydesmida and family Andrognathidae. It occurs in the southern Appalachian region of the southeastern United States, including the Great Smoky Mountains, and is associated with moist forest leaf litter and decaying wood.[1][2]
Brachycybe petasata occurs in the southern Appalachian region of the southeastern United States.[2] It has been recorded from Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia, including Mount LeConte along the Alum Cave Trail in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Balsam Mountain Campground in the Great Balsam Mountains of Haywood County, North Carolina, and Cloudland Canyon State Park in Dade County, Georgia.[1][3] Reported habitats include moist forest leaf litter, rhododendron coves, and forests with beech, birch, maple, and hemlock.[1][3]
Ecology
Like other species of Brachycybe, B. petasata is presumed to be fungivorous and associated with decaying wood.[2] Richard L. Hoffman noted that members of the genus appeared to show a recurring association with beech woods and suggested that this relationship merited further ecological study.[1]