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Issue: Vol. 284 No. 3: 16 November 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-11-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.284.3.3
Page range: 181–193
Abstract views: 67
PDF downloaded: 2

Species of Psilocybe (Hymenogastraceae) from Yunnan, southwest China

Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, the Key Laboratory of Cultivating and Utilization of Resource Insects of State Forestry Administration, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China
Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, the Key Laboratory of Cultivating and Utilization of Resource Insects of State Forestry Administration, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China
1 Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, the Key Laboratory of Cultivating and Utilization of Resource Insects of State Forestry Administration, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, China 2 Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University 333 Moo l, Tasud, Muang, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand
basidiomycota hallucinogenic taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Species of Psilocybe collected in Yunnan Province in southwest China were identified using both morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analyses of ITS and nrLSU sequence data. Six phylogenetic species were recognized among the studied collections. In this paper, Psilocybe ruliensis is introduced as a new species, while Psilocybe keralensis is new to China, P. aff. fasciata is new to Yunnan and P. chuxiongensis is recollected in Yunnan Province. The remaining two phylogenetic species are not described or detailed due to the paucity of the material. The four species appear to be endemic to Asia.