Exploring diversity within the genus Tulostoma (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) in the Pannonian sandy steppe: four fascinating novel species from Hungary

By

Finy, Péter
Jeppson, Mikael
Dániel, Knapp
Papp, Viktor
Albert, László
Ölvedi, István
Bóka, Károly
Varga, Dóra
Kovács, Gábor M., 1974-
Dima, Bálint

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2023

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

100

Pages

153--170

Subjects

Gasteroid , hot spot , molecular systematics , Pannonian inland sand dune thicket , Phylogeny , taxonomy , Tulostomataceae

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.100.112458

 

Abstract

Steppe vegetation on sandy soil in Hungary has recently been revealed as one of the hot spots in Europe for the stalked puffballs (genus Tulostoma). In the framework of the taxonomic revision of gasteroid fungi in Hungary, four Tulostoma species are described here as new to science: T. dunense, T. hungaricum, T. sacchariolens and T. shaihuludii. The study is based on detailed macro- and micromorphological investigations (including light and scanning electron microscopy), as well as a three-locus phylogeny of nrDNA ITS, nrDNA LSU and tef1-α sequences. The ITS and LSU sequences generated from the type specimen of T. cretaceum are provided and this resolved partly the taxonomy of the difficult species complex of T. aff. cretaceum.