Broadening the distribution of Mattirolomyces mexicanus Kovács, Trappe & Alsheikh (Pezizales, Ascomycota), a rare truffle-like fungus from Mexico

By

de la Fuente, Javier
García-Jiménez, Jesús
Pinzón, Juan Pablo
Ibarra Garibay, León Esteban
Sánchez-Flores, Marcos
Guevara-Guerrero, Gonzalo

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2024-8-5

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

20

Series / Issue

Issue: 4

Pages

962--968

Subjects

hypogeous fungi , Macrofungi , Pezizaceae , tropical fungi

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/20.4.962

 

Abstract

Mattirolomyces mexicanus Kovács, Trappe & Alsheikh is recorded for the first time from the Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, based on morphological and molecular data. This species is characterized by the whitish membranous peridium with inflate hyphae over 100 µm in diameter, pale gleba, subreticulat-ed ascospores of 15–21 µm, and the putative association with Fabaceae species. This is first record of a sequestrate Ascomycota from the Yucatan Peninsula and the second record of the species worldwide. A description, photographs, and a molecular analysis of two DNA markers (ITS and LSU) are presented.