Pseudobaorangia (Boletaceae, Boletales), a new genus for Boletus lakhanpalii

By

Zhou, Fan
Zhang, Junbo
Liu, Shaoxiong.
Liu, Qimeng
Luo, Xi
Luo, Xiaokun
Wang, Lei
Liu, Chunli
Guo, Xiang
Feng, Yunli
Sun, Dafeng
Hua, Rong

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-7-10

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

119

Pages

281--294

Subjects

Baorangia , Boletaceae , new genus , Pseudobaorangia , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.119.144869

 

Abstract

Bolete specimens collected in Baima Snow Mountain Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, were identified as Pseudobaorangia lakhanpalii, based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses. The ITS sequences of our collections exhibited a high similarity with Boletus lakhanpalii (99.53% for KEF13271 and 99.44% for KEF13272). However, because of limited molecular data and complex taxonomic relationships of Boletaceae, the phylogenetic placement of B. lakhanpalii could not be clearly determined. This study conducted a phylogenetic analysis by combining nrLSU, RPB2 and TEF1-α genes, and the results showed that this species has a close phylogenetic relationship with Baorangia, sharing some morphological characteristics, but also having several highlighting differences. Therefore, a new genus Pseudobaorangia is proposed with P. lakhanpalii as the type species and its detailed description is provided.