Olotia

Olotia is a genus of fungi in the family Psathyrellaceae. The genus is monotypic and contains the single species Olotia codinae which was previously classified as Psathyrella codinae.[1]

Olotia codinae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Basidiomycota
Class: Agaricomycetes
Order: Agaricales
Family: Psathyrellaceae
Genus: Olotia
D. Wächt & A. Melzer (2020)
Species:
O. codinae
Binomial name
Olotia codinae
(Deschuyteneer, A. Melzer & Pérez-De-Greg.) D. Wächt & A. Melzer (2020)
Synonyms
  • Psathyrella codinae Deschuyteneer, A. Melzer & Pérez-De-Greg.

Taxonomy

The genus Olotia was created in 2020 by the German mycologists Dieter Wächter & Andreas Melzer when the Psathyrellaceae family was subdivided based on phylogenetic analysis.[2] Several members of the Psathyrella genus were reclassified and placed in new genera. A single species was placed in Olotia.

The type species, Olotia codinae was previously known as Psathyrella codinae after being classified in 2018 from a discovery in Spain, where it is so far only known from.[3][4]

Etymology

The genus is named after the city of Olot in Spain, where the type species was documented.[2]

Psathyrella codinae was named in memory of Catalonian mycologist Joaquim Codina, 150 years after his birth.[4]

Description

Olotia codinae is a small mushroom with a brown to brownish yellow cap that is 8.5-15mm in diameter. The hollow stem is 17-24mm tall with a thickness of 1.8-2.8mm. The mushroom is described as smelling slightly like radish (raphanoid) but having little noticeable taste.[4]

Species

Species include:[5]

References
  1. "Species Fungorum - Olotia codinae (Deschuyteneer, A. Melzer & Pérez-De-Greg.) D. Wächt. & A. Melzer, Mycol. Progr. 19(11): 1235 (2020)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  2. Wächter, Dieter; Melzer, Andreas (2020-11-01). "Proposal for a subdivision of the family Psathyrellaceae based on a taxon-rich phylogenetic analysis with iterative multigene guide tree". Mycological Progress. 19 (11): 1151–1265. doi:10.1007/s11557-020-01606-3. ISSN 1861-8952. S2CID 228976812.
  3. "Species Fungorum - Psathyrella codinae Deschuyteneer, A. Melzer & Pérez-De-Greg., Bulletin de l'Association des Mycolgues Francophones de Belgique 11: 6 (2018)". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  4. "Bulletin de l'Association des Mycolgues Francophones de Belgique 11: 6 (2018)" (PDF).
  5. "Species Fungorum - Olotia". www.speciesfungorum.org. Retrieved 2022-07-14.


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