Gilbertsonia
Genus of fungi
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Gilbertsonia is a fungal genus in the family Fomitopsidaceae. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single brown rot species Gilbertsonia angulipora, found in the United States. Gilbertsonia is characterized by a dimitic hyphal system with clamped generative and well-developed binding hyphae. The generic name honors mycologist Robert Lee Gilbertson (1925 – 2011).[4][5]
| Gilbertsonia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Agaricomycetes |
| Order: | Polyporales |
| Family: | Fomitopsidaceae |
| Genus: | Gilbertsonia Parmasto (2001) |
| Type species | |
| Gilbertsonia angulipora (M.J.Larsen & Lombard) Parmasto (2001) | |
| Synonyms | |
The genus was circumscribed by Erast Parmasto in Harvard Pap. Bot. Vol.6 on page 179 in 2001.
