{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["14"],"submitter":["Oliveira JJS"],"pubmed_abstract":["Rhizomorphs are hair- or wire-like melanized structures with structural differentiation analogous to plant roots that help fungi spread over an area and find food resources. Some species of multiple groups of the <i>Ascomycota</i> and the <i>Basidiomycota</i> produce different types of rhizomorphs. In the <i>Agaricales</i>, the structures are largely found in <i>Marasmiineae</i>, particularly in the <i>Omphalotaceae</i>, <i>Marasmiaceae</i>, and <i>Physalacriaceae</i>. Many rhizomorph-forming species spread over the forest floor (ground level), while others form aerial litter-trapping rhizomorph systems that hang on living branches of the forest understorey. Here, we describe three new species that form aerial systems, two in <i>Marasmius</i> and one in <i>Pusillomyces</i>, all of which in"],"journal":["Fungal systematics and evolution"],"pagination":["35-55"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC11739697"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Spider Fungi: New species of <i>Marasmius</i> and <i>Pusillomyces</i> in the aerial rhizomorph web-maker guild in Amazonia."],"pmcid":["PMC11739697"],"pubmed_authors":["Rodrigues DP","Vargas-Isla R","Ishikawa NK","Cabral TS","Oliveira JJS"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Spider Fungi: New species of <i>Marasmius</i> and <i>Pusillomyces</i> in the aerial rhizomorph web-maker guild in Amazonia.","description":"Rhizomorphs are hair- or wire-like melanized structures with structural differentiation analogous to plant roots that help fungi spread over an area and find food resources. Some species of multiple groups of the <i>Ascomycota</i> and the <i>Basidiomycota</i> produce different types of rhizomorphs. In the <i>Agaricales</i>, the structures are largely found in <i>Marasmiineae</i>, particularly in the <i>Omphalotaceae</i>, <i>Marasmiaceae</i>, and <i>Physalacriaceae</i>. Many rhizomorph-forming species spread over the forest floor (ground level), while others form aerial litter-trapping rhizomorph systems that hang on living branches of the forest understorey. Here, we describe three new species that form aerial systems, two in <i>Marasmius</i> and one in <i>Pusillomyces</i>, all of which in","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Dec","modification":"2026-06-02T01:49:44.984Z","creation":"2025-04-07T04:16:56.869Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC11739697","cross_references":{"pubmed":["39830290"],"doi":["10.3114/fuse.2024.14.03"]}}