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Issue: Vol. 464 No. 1: 14 October 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-10-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.464.1.7
Page range: 85–92
Abstract views: 41
PDF downloaded: 1

Pachyphlodes atropurpurea and P. excavata, two new truffle species from Southwest China

The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, People’s Republic of China
College of Resource and Environment, Yunnan Agricultural University, Kunming, Yunnan 650100, People’s Republic of China
School of Geography and Ecotourism, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, Yunnan 650224, People’s Republic of China
The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species, Yunnan Key Laboratory for Fungal Diversity and Green Development, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, People’s Republic of China
Hypogeous fungi Pezizales Pezizaceae Two new species Taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Pachyphlodes atropurpurea and P. excavata are described as new species of truffles based on both phylogenetic and morphological analyses. Phylogenetically these two species are clearly distinct from described species of Pachyphlodes. Morphologically, P. atropurpurea is characterized by subglobose, purple black ascomata, and ascospores with acute-tipped spines. P. excavata is characterized by its ascomata with an obvious basal and internal cavity and slender fusiform asci (150–180 × 30–40 μm).