Wilcoxina
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| Wilcoxina | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Pezizomycetes |
| Order: | Pezizales |
| Family: | Pyronemataceae |
| Genus: | Wilcoxina Chin S.Yang & Korf (1985) |
| Type species | |
| Wilcoxina mikolae (Chin S.Yang & H.E.Wilcox) Chin S.Yang & Korf (1985) | |
| Species | |
Wilcoxina is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. It was circumscribed by Chin Yang and Richard Korf in 1985.[1] Some species have been shown to produce the siderophore compound ferricrocin.[2]
Species are cosmopolitan in distribution, and have been found growing with host plants in a wide variety on environments, such as nursery soils with high pH, mining sites with low pH and heavy metal contamination, natural forests and plantations, urban areas and peat soils.[3] Wilcoxina species are mycorrhizal, and commonly infect a variety of conifers and deciduous trees such as Pinus, Betula, and Quercus species.[4]
