Reviewing the taxonomy of Podaxis: Opportunities for understanding extreme fungal lifestyles
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Reviewing the taxonomy of Podaxis : Opportunities for understanding extreme fungal lifestyles. / Conlon, Benjamin H.; Aanen, Duur K.; Beemelmanns, Christine; de Beer, Z Wilhelm; De Fine Licht, Henrik H.; Gunde-Cimerman, Nina; Schiøtt, Morten; Poulsen, Michael.
I: Fungal Biology, Bind 123, Nr. 3, 03.2019, s. 183-187.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Review › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Reviewing the taxonomy of Podaxis
T2 - Opportunities for understanding extreme fungal lifestyles
AU - Conlon, Benjamin H.
AU - Aanen, Duur K.
AU - Beemelmanns, Christine
AU - de Beer, Z Wilhelm
AU - De Fine Licht, Henrik H.
AU - Gunde-Cimerman, Nina
AU - Schiøtt, Morten
AU - Poulsen, Michael
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - There are few environments more hostile and species-poor than deserts and the mounds of Nasutitermitinae termites. However, despite the very different adaptations required to survive in such extreme and different environments, the fungal genus Podaxis is capable of surviving in both: where few other fungi are reported to grow. Despite their prominence in the landscape and their frequent documentation by early explorers, there has been relatively little research into the genus. Originally described by Linnaeus in 1771, in the early 20th Century, the then ∼25 species of Podaxis were almost entirely reduced into one species: Podaxis pistillaris. Since this reduction, several new species of Podaxis have been described but without consideration of older descriptions. This has resulted in 44 recognised species names in Index Fungorum but the vast majority of studies and fungarium specimens still refer to P. pistillaris. Studies of Podaxis' extremely different lifestyles is hampered by its effective reduction to a single-species genus. Here we examine the history of the taxonomy of Podaxis before focusing on its extreme lifestyles. From this, we consider how the muddled taxonomy of Podaxis may be resolved; opening up further avenues for future research into this enigmatic fungal genus.
AB - There are few environments more hostile and species-poor than deserts and the mounds of Nasutitermitinae termites. However, despite the very different adaptations required to survive in such extreme and different environments, the fungal genus Podaxis is capable of surviving in both: where few other fungi are reported to grow. Despite their prominence in the landscape and their frequent documentation by early explorers, there has been relatively little research into the genus. Originally described by Linnaeus in 1771, in the early 20th Century, the then ∼25 species of Podaxis were almost entirely reduced into one species: Podaxis pistillaris. Since this reduction, several new species of Podaxis have been described but without consideration of older descriptions. This has resulted in 44 recognised species names in Index Fungorum but the vast majority of studies and fungarium specimens still refer to P. pistillaris. Studies of Podaxis' extremely different lifestyles is hampered by its effective reduction to a single-species genus. Here we examine the history of the taxonomy of Podaxis before focusing on its extreme lifestyles. From this, we consider how the muddled taxonomy of Podaxis may be resolved; opening up further avenues for future research into this enigmatic fungal genus.
KW - Basidiomycota
KW - Drought
KW - Extremophile
KW - Low water activity
KW - Termite
U2 - 10.1016/j.funbio.2019.01.001
DO - 10.1016/j.funbio.2019.01.001
M3 - Review
C2 - 30798873
AN - SCOPUS:85060352778
VL - 123
SP - 183
EP - 187
JO - Fungal Biology
JF - Fungal Biology
SN - 1878-6146
IS - 3
ER -
ID: 212859228