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Published: 2019-07-31
Page range: 137–148
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New record of Schizophyllum (Schizophyllaceae) from Mexico and the confirmation of its edibility in the humid tropics

Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Villahermosa-Cárdenas road km 0.5, deviaton to Bosques de Saloya, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, C.P. 86150
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Villahermosa-Cárdenas road km 0.5, deviaton to Bosques de Saloya, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, C.P. 86150
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Villahermosa-Cárdenas road km 0.5, deviaton to Bosques de Saloya, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, C.P. 86150
Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Old road to Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, C.P. 91070
Instituto de Ecología, A. C. Old road to Coatepec 351, El Haya, Xalapa, Veracruz, Mexico, C.P. 91070
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. Old Airport Road Km. 2.5, Centro, Tapachula de Córdova y Ordoñez, Chiapas, Mexico C.P. 30700
El Colegio de la Frontera Sur. Old Airport Road Km. 2.5, Centro, Tapachula de Córdova y Ordoñez, Chiapas, Mexico C.P. 30700
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Villahermosa-Cárdenas road km 0.5, deviaton to Bosques de Saloya, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, C.P. 86150
Universidad Juárez Autónoma de Tabasco. Villahermosa-Cárdenas road km 0.5, deviaton to Bosques de Saloya, Villahermosa, Tabasco, Mexico, C.P. 86150
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Mexico. University City, Coyoacán, CDMX, Mexico, C.P. 04510.
Departament of Pediatrics. University of Virginia. 409 Lane Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903, Virginia, United States of America.
Agaricales split gills microscopy Internal Transcribed Spacer (ITS) Fungi

Abstract

The genus Schizophyllum is easily recognized within the order Agaricales. However, at the species level, taxonomic information for identification purposes is limited. The objective of the present study was to confirm the identity of the Schizophyllum species present in Tabasco, Mexico, by means of a detailed taxonomic revision of the macro- and micromorphological characters in more than 90 specimens, as well as phylogenetic analyses inferred from ITS sequence data. In total, three Schizophyllum species are described, of which one constitute a new record for Mexico. Finally, the edibility of S. radiatum is reported for the first time in the humid tropical region.