Cairneyella
Cairneyella variabilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Fungi
Division:
Ascomycota
Class:
Pezizomycotina
Order:
Helotiales
Family:
Helotiaceae
Genus:
Cairneyella

Midgley & Tran-Dinh
Type species
Cairneyella variabilis
(Midgley & Tran-Dinh)

Cairneyella is a genus of at least two ericoid mycorrhizal and root-associated fungi that is, to date, endemic to Australian plants, mostly from the family Ericaceae.[1] It has been demonstrated to form typical ericoid mycorrhizal coils in hair roots and is known to enhance the growth of ericaceous seedlings.[2] The genus is named in honour of John Cairney, an Australian-Scottish mycologist.

Species

  • Cairneyella variabilis
  • Cairneyella sp. 2.

References

  1. ↑ Midgley DJ.; Rosewarne CP.; Greenfield P.; Li D.; Vockler CJ.; Hitchcock CJ.; Sawyer NS.; Brett R.; Edwards J.; Pitt JI; Tran-Dinh N. (2016). "Genomic insights into the carbohydrate catabolism of Cairneyella variabilis gen. nov. sp. nov., the first reports from a genome of an ericoid mycorrhizal fungus from the southern hemisphere". Mycorrhiza. 26: 345–52. doi:10.1007/s00572-016-0683-6.
  2. ↑ Palmer J.; Horton BM.; Allaway WG.; Ashford AE. (2004). "Growth stimulation of Woollsia pungens by a natural ericoid mycorrhizal fungal endophyte". Australasian Mycologist. 26: 1–8.



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