Three new species of Cyanosporus (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from China

By

wang, ChaoGe
Liu, Shun
Ghobad-Nejhad, Masoomeh
Liu, Hong-Gao
Dai, Yu-Cheng
Yuan, Yuan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

107

Pages

249--272

Subjects

Brown rot , Phylogeny , polypore , Postia , taxonomy , Wood-decaying fungi

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.107.126139

 

Abstract

Cyanosporus is a cosmopolitan genus characterized by effused-reflexed to pileate basidiomata with a bluish tint and allantoid to cylindrical basidiospores which are negative to weakly positive in Melzer’s reagent and Cotton Blue, causing a brown rot. Three new species of Cyanosporus, namely, C. linzhiensis, C. miscanthi and C. tabuliformis are described and illustrated. Phylogenies on Cyanosporus are reconstructed with seven loci DNA sequences including ITS, nLSU, nSSU, mtSSU, RPB1, RPB2 and TEF1 based on phylogenetic analyses combined with morphological examination. The description for the new species is given. The main morphological characteristics of all 38 accepted species in Cyanosporus are summarized.