Leotia
Green Yellow gelatinous cap ( Leotia lubrica )
The gelatinous cap ( Leotia ) are a genus of the Real sac fungi of the order Helotiales with 5 species in Central Europe and 53 species worldwide.
Features
The gelatinous caps are characterized by their vibrant colors and especially by the gelatinous consistency of their flesh. They are clearly divided into head and handle. The hymenium covers a fine layer of the head. You have sickle-shaped septate spores, what they have in common with other genres such as the gelatinous jelly cups ( Ascocoryne ). Some authors therefore make the jelly cap to the Helotiaceae. The gelatinous caps are also closely related to the stem tongues ( Microglossum ) related that also form head.
System
The different species have been traditionally divided by macroscopic and microscopic features, especially by the color of brains. However, a phylogenetic study suggests that the color does not really allow conclusions on the degree of kinship.
Types (selection)
- Leotia affinis
- Leotia albiceps
- Leotia amara
- Leotia ambigua
- Leotia aquatica
- Leotia atra
- Leotia atrocyanea
- Leotia atropurpurea
- Leotia aurantipes
- Leotia batailleana
- Leotia brunneola
- Leotia bulliardii
- Leotia castanea
- Leotia chlorocephala
- Leotia clavus
- Leotia conica
- Leotia cyanescens
- Leotia elegans
- Leotia elegantula
- Leotia exigua
- Leotia geoglossoides
- Leotia gracilis
- Leotia gyromitraeformis
- Leotia helvelloides
- Leotia himalayensis
- Leotia infundibuliformis
- Leotia japonica
- Leotia kunmingensis
- Leotia laricina
- Leotia Leotia
- Green Yellow gelatinous cap ( Leotia lubrica )
- Leotia ludwigii
- Leotia marcida
- Leotia mitrula
- Leotia nana
- Leotia nigra
- Leotia ochroleuca
- Leotia odorata
- Leotia persoonii
- Leotia platypoda
- Leotia portentosa
- Leotia punctipes
- Leotia pusilla
- Leotia queletii
- Leotia rufa
- Leotia rutilans
- Leotia stipitata
- Leotia tricolor
- Leotia tuberculata
- Leotia uliginosa
- Leotia unctuosa
- Leotia viridis
- Leotia viscosa
Documents
- Ewald Gerhardt: mushrooms. BLV Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-8354-0053-5