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Daldinia
Daldinia is a genus of endophytic fungal species from the family Hypoxylaceae in the order Xylariales. The genus is named in 1863 by the Italian mycologists Cesati & De Notaris, after Agostino Daldini (1817-1895), a Swiss monk, clergyman and botanist.
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Morphology
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Classification and Characteristics
The Daldinia genus consists of endophytic fungi that acts as a generalist, and thus can form a mutualistic relationship with various woody plants and lichen. The fruiting bodies consist of pertithecia imbedded in large stomata which have internal concentric zones, which gives one of the most common species the name Daldinia concentrica . Given this shared trait, in Scandanavia and other European countries, Daldinia concentrica has been used as a given name for almost any species within the genus.
More recently, D. concentrica has been retypified to show at least five different taxa of Daldinia are found in northern Europe alone, which were all previously thought to be D. concentrica .
Daldinia concentrica subgroup
Daldinia eschscholtzii group
Daldinia childiae subgroup
Daldinia vernicosa subgroup
Lifecycle
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Ecology
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Daldinia concentrica subgroup
Daldinia eschscholtzii subgroup
Daldinia childiae subgroup
Daldinia vernicosa subgroup
Current and Future Research Applications
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