Helicobasidiales
Helicobasidium, Thanatophytum, Tuberculina
Matthias Lutz and Robert BauerThis tree diagram shows the relationships between several groups of organisms.
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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.
Information on the Internet
- The Fungus Tuberculina Leads a Double Life. The interesting life history of Helicobasidium (the phytoparasitic stage) and Tuberculina (the mycoparasitics stage).
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Robert Bauer
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- First online 17 March 2006
- Content changed 17 March 2006
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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/