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Issue: Vol. 351 No. 2: 1 June 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-06-01
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.351.2.7
Page range: 181–185
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

A new species in Physaraceae, Craterium yichunensis, and a new record for C. dictyosporum in China

Engineering Research Center of Chinese Ministry of Education for Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Jilin Agricultural University 2888 Xincheng Street, Changchun City, P. R. China
Engineering Research Center of Chinese Ministry of Education for Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Jilin Agricultural University 2888 Xincheng Street, Changchun City, P. R. China
Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1
Engineering Research Center of Chinese Ministry of Education for Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Jilin Agricultural University 2888 Xincheng Street, Changchun City, P. R. China
Myxomycetes Physarales SEM Taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Craterium yichunensis sp. nov., and C. dictyosporum are described and illustrated. They were found in Heilongjiang Province, China, and C. dictyosporum is a new record for China. Craterium yichunensis differs from other species of Craterium in having sessile sporocarps with a thick lid, the middle part of which is more than 100 μm thick, with a yellow membrane covering the cup after lid has fallen off. Additionally, it has no columella or pseudocolumella. Both species are also illustrated with scanning electron micrographs.