Taxonomy and phylogeny of Irpicaceae and Meruliaceae (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) with descriptions of four new species from southwestern China

By

Gu, Zi-Rui
Zhou, Chunqin
Zhang, Jian-Ling
Liu, Yu
Deng, Qiaohua
Yang, Rongcong
Yang, Shunqiang
Zhao, Changlin

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-7-4

Original Publication

MycoKeys

Volume

119

Pages

197--234

Subjects

four new species , molecular systematics , taxonomy , wood-inhabiting fungi , wood-inhabiting fungi , wood-inhabiting fungi , wood-inhabiting fungi , wood-inhabiting fungi , wood-inhabiting fungi , wood-inhabiting fungi , wood-inhabiting fungi , Yunnan Province

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers 2011-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.119.157018

 

Abstract

Wood-decaying fungi play crucial roles as decomposers in forest ecosystems. In this study, four new wood-inhabiting fungi from Yunnan Province of southwest China—Crystallicutis albomarginata, Efibula glossophora, E. punctata, and Scopuloides farinacea—are described and illustrated based on morphological and molecular evidence. The species C. albomarginata is characterized by its slightly pink to orange basidiomata when dry, a monomitic hyphal system with simple septa, and narrowly ellipsoid basidiospores measuring 3.7–4.4 × 1.9–2.8 µm. The taxon E. glossophora is characterized by its hard, membranous, slightly yellow to yellow basidiomata; a monomitic hyphal system with simple-septate generative hyphae; and ellipsoid basidiospores measuring 3.8–6 × 2.6–3.7 µm. The species E. punctata is characterized by its membranaceous, slightly gray to pale brown basidiomata; a monomitic hyphal system with simple-septate generative hyphae; and ellipsoid basidiospores measuring 4.3–6.2 × 2.2–3.3 µm. Additionally, the taxon S. farinacea is characterized by its coriaceous, pale cream to buff basidiomata; a monomitic hyphal system with simple-septate generative hyphae; and ellipsoid basidiospores measuring 2.8–3.5 × 1.4–2 µm. Sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS), the large subunit nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (nLSU), the translation elongation factor 1-α gene (TEF1), the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB1), and the second subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB2) of the studied samples were employed, and phylogenetic analyses were performed using maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony, and Bayesian inference methods, ensuring the robustness of the findings. Based on the combined ITS + nLSU + RPB1 + RPB2 + TEF1 dataset, phylogenies of the two families Irpicaceae and Meruliaceae were constructed. In these analyses, Crystallicutis albomarginata was recovered as sister to C. serpens; E. punctata as sister to E. intertexta; Efibula glossophora as closely related to E. intertexta and E. hainanensis; and the new species S. farinacea as sister to S. allantoidea.