Open AccessOctaviania asterosperma (hypogeous Basidiomycota). Recent data to ecology and distribution
Author(s) -
Piotr Mleczko,
Maciej Kozak,
Maria Ławrynowicz,
Grzegorz Dubiel
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
acta mycologica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.38
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 2353-074X
pISSN - 0001-625X
DOI - 10.5586/am.2010.017
Subject(s) - basidiocarp , basidiomycota , fagus sylvatica , botany , biology , distribution (mathematics) , ecology , forestry , geography , beech , mathematics , taxonomy (biology) , mathematical analysis
Phylogenetic analyses place Octaviania asterosperma in the Boletales, with Leccinum being the closest relative. Results of the structural investigation of O. asterosperma ectomycorrhiza with Fagus sylvatica confirm this systematic position. In Europe the species is an ectomycorrhizal partner of broad-leaved trees, such as Carpinus, Corylus, Fagus, Quercus and Tilia. This paper aims at presenting the new data to the distribution of O. asterosperma in Central Europe. The description of the basidiocarps discovered in Poland in the recent years is also given, together with evidence for the parasitic relationship of Sepedonium laevigatum with O. asterosperma. We also present the information concerning all known localities of the species in Poland and its distribution map. Data on the ecologz, distribution and status O. asterosperma in Europe, and some structural aspects of basidiocarps and spores, are also summarized