Osteina
Genus of fungi
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Osteina is a fungal genus in the family Dacryobolaceae.
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| Family: | Dacryobolaceae |
| Genus: | Osteina Donk (1966) |
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| Osteina obducta (Berk.) Donk (1966) | |
Taxonomy
The genus was circumscribed by mycologist Marinus Anton Donk in 1966, with Polyporus obductus as the type species.[1]
Catalogue of Life lists 3 accepted species:[2]
- Osteina obducta (Berk.) Donk
- Osteina rhodophila (Spirin & Zmitr.) Bernicchia & Gorjón
- Osteina undosa (Peck) Zmitr.
Description
Osteina is characterized by fruit bodies that are sessile to stipitate, which are bone hard when dry. It has a monomitic hyphal system, containing only generative hyphae with clamps. The spores are hyaline and thin-walled, and are inamyloid and acyanophilic. Osteina causes a brown rot in gymnosperm wood.[3]
