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Cryomyces antarcticus

Cryomyces antarcticus Selbmann et al., Stud. Mycol. 51: 19 (2005).

            Index Fungorum number: IF 500193; Facesoffungi number: FoF 12180, Fig. 1

Description: see Selbmann et al. (2005).

Material considered: see Selbmann et al. (2005).

Fig. 1 Cryomyces spp. a Monilioid hyphae of Cryomyces antarcticus (CCFEE 515, re-drawn from Fig. 1A in Onofri et al. 2018). b Torulose hyphae of Cryomyces funiculosus. Scale bars = 10 μm.

Importance and distribution

Cryomyces comprises four species isolated from sandstone and rock in Antarctica and Europe (Italy).

 

References

Onofri S, Barreca D, Selbmann L, Isola D et al. 2008 – Resistance of Antarctic black fungi and cryptoendolithic communities to simulated space and Martian conditions. Studies in Mycology 61, 99–109. https://doi.org/10.3114/sim.2008.61.10

Selbmann L, Hoog S, Mazzaglia A, Friedmann EI, Onofri S. 2005 – Fungi at the edge of life: Cryptoendolithic black fungi from Antarctic desert. Studies in Mycology 51, 1–32.

 

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