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Issue: Vol. 284 No. 1: 9 November 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.284.1.4
Page range: 41–50
Abstract views: 31
PDF downloaded: 1

­­­Laccaria rubroalba sp. nov. (Hydnangiaceae, Agaricales) from Southwestern China

Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201, Kunming, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China School of Biology and Food Engineering, Chuzhou University, Chuzhou, 239000, China
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201, Kunming, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201, Kunming, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201, Kunming, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201, Kunming, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
Centre for Mountain Ecosystem Studies, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 650201, Kunming, China World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia Office, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming 650201, China
Mushrooms Mycorrhizal fungi Phylogeny Taxonomy Yunnan Province Fungi China

Abstract

The novel species Laccaria rubroalba is described from Southwestern China by using both morphological characteristics and molecular data. It is characterized by small basidiomata; reddish white pileus when moist or young, white to pale when dry; 4-spored basidia and globose to broadly ellipsoid, hyaline, moderately echinulate basidiospores. Phylogenetic relationships inferred from ITS sequence data confirmed the separation of this new species from other closely related species in the genus Laccaria. The new species is compared with similar taxa. A description, line drawings and colour photographs of the new species, and phylogenetic tree to show the placement of the new species are provided.