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Gloeodontia xerophila sp. nov. is described and illustrated from material collected on dead xerophyte debris in the Canary Islands. This species is characterized by the odontioid hymenophore with short aculei, up to 2 mm long, dimitic hyphal system and amyloid, subglobose and verrucose spores, 4-5 x 3-4 microm. The new taxon is compared with other species in the genus and a key to the species of Gloeodontia is provided.
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Magnoliopsida/microbiology , Polyporales/isolation & purification , Atlantic Ocean , Polyporales/chemistry , Polyporales/classification , Polyporales/cytology , Spores, Fungal/chemistry , Spores, Fungal/cytologyABSTRACT
Gerronema wildpretii, collected in climactic sites of the monteverde forest of the Canary Islands is described and illustrated. Its macro- and microscopic features delimit this taxon as a new species.
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Agaricales/classification , Magnoliopsida/microbiology , Prunus/microbiology , Agaricales/isolation & purification , Agaricales/ultrastructure , Ericaceae/microbiology , Laurus/microbiology , Microscopy/instrumentation , Spain , TreesABSTRACT
The case of a 53 year old woman, coming from a goitrogenous area, who developed a clinical picture of subacute thyroiditis is reported. The 99m Technetium scan was normal and a needle aspiration cytology showed multinucleated giant cells; the patient underwent total thyroidectomy. The histological examination revealed the association of multinodular goiter, papillary invasive multicentric carcinoma and granulomatous thyroiditis. The coexistence of these 3 different diseases in a single patient and the role of cancer as a possible etiologic factor of granulomatous changes of the thyroid gland are discussed.
