Epitypification of the Central African Cantharellus densifolius and C. luteopunctatus allows for the recognition of two additional species

By

Buyck, Bart
Henkel, Terry
Hofstetter, Valerie

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2019

Original Publication

NeoBiota : advancing research on alien species and biological invasions

Volume

49

Pages

49-72

Subjects

Cantharellales , ectomycorrhizal , Phylogeny , rain forest , taxonomy , tef-1

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sophia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.49.32034

 

Abstract

CantharellusdensifoliusandC.luteopunctatusare epitypified on the basis of recently collected specimens from the Central African rain forest that correspond in every way to their respective original descriptions. Sequences obtained from these new collections demonstrate that both epitypes represent distinct species that belong in different subclades of Cantharellussubg.Rubrinus. Previously, the nameC.densifoliushas been consistently misapplied to more or less similar species from the African woodland area, includingC.densilamellatussp. nov.which is described here, In addition,C.tomentosoidessp. nov., a rain forest species that is easily confused withC.densifolius, is described.