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Helicobasidiales

Helicobasidium, Thanatophytum, Tuberculina

Matthias Lutz and Robert Bauer
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taxon links [up-->]Tuberculina maxima [up-->]Helicobasidium purpureum [up-->]Helicobasidium mompa [up-->]Tuberculina sbrozzii [up-->]Helicobasidium longisporum [down<--]Pucciniomycetes Interpreting the tree
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This tree represents a consensus among several phylogenetic analyses of ribosomal DNA sequences (Lutz et al. 2004a, b, Uetake et al. 2002).
Containing group: Pucciniomycetes

Other Names for Helicobasidiales

References

Lutz, M., R. Bauer, D. Begerow, and F. Oberwinkler. 2004a. Tuberculina - Thanatophytum/Rhizoctonia crocorum - Helicobasidium: A unique mycoparasitic-phytoparasitic life strategy. Mycological Research: 227-238.

Lutz, M., R. Bauer, D. Begerow, and F. Oberwinkler. 2004b. Tuberculina - Helicobasidium: Host specificity of the Tuberculina-stage reveals unexpected diversity within the group. Mycologia 96: 1316-1329.

Uetake, Y., M. Arakawa, H. Nakamura, T. Akahira, A. Sayama, L.-H. Cheah, I. Okabe, and N. Matsumoto. 2002. Genetic relationships among violet root rot fungi as revealed by hyphal anastomosis and sequencing of the rDNA ITS regions. Mycological Research 106: 156-163.

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Scientific Name Helicobasidium purpureum on Picea abies (L.) Karst.
Location Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Tübingen
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By M. Lutz
Life Cycle Stage fruitbody of the phytoparasitic teleomorph
Collection TUB 012601
Collector M. Lutz
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Copyright © 2005
Scientific Name Helicobasidium longisporum on roots and basal parts of stems of Aster sp. cult.
Location Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
Comments on roots and basal parts of stems of Aster sp. cult.
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By M. Lutz
Life Cycle Stage Sterile stage (Thanatophytum) of the phytoparasitic teleomorph
Collection 2000
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Copyright © 2000
Scientific Name Tuberculina persicina (Ditmar) Sacc. on Tranzschelia pruni-spinosae (Pers.) Dietel/Anemone ranunculoides L.
Location Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Nürtingen
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By R. Bauer
Life Cycle Stage Mycoparasitic anamorph of Helicobasidium purpureum Pat.
Collection 1999
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Copyright © 1999 Robert Bauer
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Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Robert Bauer
Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

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Lutz, Matthias and Robert Bauer. 2006. Helicobasidiales. Helicobasidium, Thanatophytum, Tuberculina. Version 17 March 2006 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Helicobasidiales/51250/2006.03.17 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/

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