Enrique César

Institute of Ecology INECOL | INECOL · Biodiversidad y Sistemática

The mesophytic mountain forest is one of the most biodiverse ecosystems in Mexico, in which there is a diverse mycobiota of which many aspects of its biology and properties are unknown. Pseudomarasmius nidus-avis is a recently discovered and described fungus that forms rhizomorphs used in the nesting habits of birds of the family Tyrannidae (Mionec...

Parthenium argentatum Gray, known as Guayule is recognized for its quality latex production. For this reason, the cultivation of this plant generates an important economic interest. Although this crop thrives in arid climates, its production has not been extended due to a high production cost per hectare compared to other rubber sources. To allevia...

Background and Aims: The species recorded in Mexico (state of Veracruz) in the 1980s as “Tricholoma magnivelare” (or under its synonym, T. ponderosum) changed over the years from being a fungus not considered to be edible in this country, to a subject of international commercialization when Asian sellers became aware of its occurrence in Mexico and...

Considering the current environmental problems that has been generated by the excessive production of synthetic plastics, more sustainable alternatives have been proposed. One of these recently studied materials are the mycelium composites, a product obtained with lignocellulosic particles agglomerated together by the myceliar growth of a filamento...

Fresh basidiomes of species belonging to the genera Aurantiporus, Ganoderma, Lentinus, and Panus species were collected from a cloud forest patch located in a natural protected area. Tissue portions of the fresh basidiomes were excised and grown in axenic culture with potato dextrose medium at 27 °C obtaining six strains. Additionally, a commercial...

Pisolithus tinctorius is an ectomycorrhizal fungus that has been used worldwide as an inoculant to promote the growth and health of plant roots of forest importance. P. tinctorius has capacity to form symbiosis which mycorrhizal plants through the production of phytohormones, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) the main auxin produced by these ectomycorrhiz...

Fresh basidiomes of species belonging to the genera Aurantiporus, Ganoderma, Lentinus, and Panus species were collected from a cloud forest patch located in a natural protected area. Tissue portions of the fresh basidiomes were excised and grown in axenic culture with potato dextrose medium at 27 °C obtaining six strains. Additionally, a commercial...

Three new species in the genera Marasmiellus, Pusillomyces, and Gymnopus are described based on specimens found growing in the leaf litter of a mountain cloud forest relict from eastern Mexico. Distinctive macro- and micromorphological characters in combination with a phylogenetic analysis based on ITS sequences support their taxonomic identity and...

A new species of Gymnopus is described on the basis of collections from the subtropical cloud forest of eastern Mexico. Macro- and micromorphological characters, in combination with ITS sequences obtained from fruit body tissues, were used for its taxonomic circumscription. Basidiomata of this species were found growing scattered on fallen twigs of...

Tuber species are hypogeous mycorrhizal symbionts distributed almost worldwide and associated with several tree families. In this study, we recorded the occurrence of two Tuber species (clade Puberulum) in the Acatlán Volcano (Veracruz, Eastern Mexico). They were detected by the means of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of nuclear ribosomal DN...