Two new rare species of Candolleomyces with pale spores from China

By

Bau, Tolgor
Yan, Jun-Qing

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2021

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

80

Pages

149--161

Subjects

Basidiomycete , new taxon , phylogenetic analysis , Psathyrellaceae , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.80.67166

 

Abstract

Most species of Candolleomyces have brown or dark brown spores. Although pale-spored members are rare in the genus<br> we frequently collected two such species from many Provinces during our investigations in subtropical China from 2016–2020. As revealed by morphological characterisation and multigene phylogenetic analyses (ITS LSU β-tub and tef-1α) these species<br> which we have named C. subcacao and C. subminutisporus<br> are unique and distinct from known taxa. In addition a new combination<br> C. cladii-marisci<br> is proposed on the basis of ITS sequence analysis of the type specimen. Detailed descriptions colour photos illustrations and a key to related species are presented.