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Issue: Vol. 236 No. 2: 27 November 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-11-27
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.236.2.5
Page range: 161–172
Abstract views: 20
PDF downloaded: 55

Cyathus lignilantanae sp. nov., a new species of bird’s nest fungi (Basidiomycota) from Cape Verde Archipelago

Real Jardín Botánico, RJB-CSIC. Dpto. de Micología. Plaza de Murillo, 2. 28014 Madrid, Spain.
Programa de Pós-graduação em Sistemática e Evolução, Dpto. de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Real Jardín Botánico, RJB-CSIC. Dpto. de Micología. Plaza de Murillo, 2. 28014 Madrid, Spain.
Programa de Pós-graduação em Sistemática e Evolução, Dpto. de Botânica e Zoologia, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Real Jardín Botánico, RJB-CSIC. Dpto. de Micología. Plaza de Murillo, 2. 28014 Madrid, Spain.
biodiversity hotspot Sierra Malagueta Natural Park gasteromycetes Agaricales Nidulariaceae ITS nrDNA taxonomy Fungi Santiago Island

Abstract

Cyathus lignilantanae sp. nov. is described and illustrated on the basis of morphological and molecular data. Specimens were collected on Santiago Island (Cape Verde), growing on woody debris of Lantana camara. Affinities with other species of the genus are discussed.