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Genus: | Wilcoxina Chin S.Yang & Korf (1985)
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Wilcoxina mikolae (Chin S.Yang & H.E.Wilcox) Chin S.Yang & Korf (1985)
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Wilcoxina is a genus of fungi in the family Pyronemataceae. It was circumscribed by Chin Yang and Richard Korf in 1985. [1] Some species have been shown to produce the siderophore compound ferricrocin. [2]
Species are cosmopolitan in distribution, and have been found growing with host plants in a wide variety on environments, such as nursery soils with high pH, mining sites with low pH and heavy metal contamination, natural forests and plantations, urban areas and peat soils. [3] Wilcoxina species are mycorrhizal, and commonly infect a variety of conifers and deciduous trees such as Pinus, Betula, and Quercus. [4]