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Issue: Vol. 236 No. 3: 1 December 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-12-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.236.3.4
Page range: 237–248
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 2

Mutinus albotruncatus (Phallales, Agaricomycetes), a new phalloid from the Brazilian semiarid, and a key to the world species

Programa de Pós-graduação em Sistemática e Evolução, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970 Brazil.
Programa de Pós-graduação em Genética, Conservação e Biologia Evolutiva, Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia–INPA; Av. André Araújo, 2936–Petrópolis; Manaus, Amazonas, 69067-375 Brazil.
Departamento de Micología, Real Jardín Botánico–CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain.
Departamento de Biologia Celular e Genética, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte; Natal, Rio Grande do Norte 59072-970, Brazil.
Departamento de Micología, Real Jardín Botánico–CSIC, Plaza de Murillo 2, 28014 Madrid, Spain.
Departamento de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, 59072-970 Brazil.
Gasteromycetes fungal taxonomy phalloid fungi phylogeny stinkhorns fungi Brazil

Abstract

A new species of the genus Mutinus has been found in the semiarid region of Northeastern Brazil. Mutinus albotruncatus is described macro- and microscopically, and is characterized by the white pseudostipe and truncated apex. Molecular and ecological data are also provided. Phylogenetic analyses, based on LSU (large subunit of nuclear ribosomal DNA) and atp6 (subunit 6 of ATP synthase) sequences, support the inclusion of this new species in the genus Mutinus. A provisional key to the species of Mutinus known in the world is proposed.