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Type: Article
Published: 2017-11-17
Page range: 159–166
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Clarifying the identity of Geastrum campestre var. famatinum (Geastrales, Basidiomycota)

Departamento de Biología Vegetal II, Facultad de Farmacia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, plaza de Ramón y Cajal s/n, E-28040, Madrid, Spain.
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Catamarca, Av. Belgrano 300, San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca, Catamarca, Argentina.
Departamento de Ciencias de la Vida (Botánica), Edificio de Biología, Universidad de Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain.
Argentina Geastrum Geastraceae phylogenetics morphology nomenclature Fungi

Abstract

The identity of the holotype specimen of G. campestre var. famatinum is investigated through both morphological and molecular approaches. Morphological data and molecular data of ITS, 28S, rpb1 and atp6 DNA regions confirm that G. campestre var. famatinum is a different species to G. campestre var. campestre, and that it should belong to G. sect. Hariotia instead of G. sect. Campestria. However, the analyses performed also show that the type specimen of G. campestre var. famatinum is better included within the intraspecific variation of a previously described species, G. parvisporum, so both names are considered as heterotypic synonyms.