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Yunnan–Guizhou Plateau: a mycological hotspot

Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, P.R. China; State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, P.R. China; Section of Genetics, Institute for Research and Development in Health and Social Care No: 393/3, Lily Avenue, Off Robert Gunawardane Mawatha, Battaramulla 10120, Sri Lanka
The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio–Pharmaceutical Resources Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou Province, China
State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, P.R. China; The Key Lab of Optimal Utilization of Natural Medicine Resources, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, P.R. China
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, School of Science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand; State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio–Pharmaceutical Resources Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou Province, China; State Key Laboratory Breeding Base of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Key Laboratory of Green Pesticide and Agricultural Bioengineering, Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China; The Mushroom Research Centre, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, China
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China; CIFOR-ICRAF, World Agroforestry Centre, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China; Centre for Mountain Futures (CMF), Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, P.R. China
International Fungal Research and Development Centre, The Research Institute of Resource Insects, Chinese Academy of Forestry, Kunming 650224, PR China
Faculty of Agriculture and Food, Kunming University of Science & Technology, Kunming 650500, People’s Republic of China
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China; CIFOR-ICRAF, World Agroforestry Centre, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, P.R. China; Centre for Mountain Futures (CMF), Kunming Institute of Botany, Kunming, Yunnan, 650201, P.R. China
The Engineering Research Center of Southwest Bio–Pharmaceutical Resources Ministry of Education, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, Guizhou Province, China
Department of Plant Pathology, Agriculture College, Guizhou University, Guiyang 550025, P.R. China
State Key Laboratory of Functions and Applications of Medicinal Plants, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550014, P.R. China; The Key Lab of Optimal Utilization of Natural Medicine Resources, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, University Town, Guian New District, Guizhou 550025, P.R. China
Center for Yunnan Plateau Biological Resources Protection and Utilization, College of Biological Resource and Food Engineering, Qujing Normal University, Qujing, Yunnan 655011, P.R. China
Guizhou institute of biology, Guizhou academy of science, Guiyang, 550009, P.R. China
Guizhou Academy of Tobacco Science, No. 29, Longtanba Road, Huanshanhu District, Guiyang City, Guizhou province, P.R. China
Key Laboratory of Environmental Pollution Monitoring and Disease Control, Ministry of Education of Guizhou & Guizhou Talent Base for Microbiology and Human Health, Key Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology of Education Department of Guizhou, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang, P.R. China
2 new species polyphasic approach six new records species diversity taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Guizhou and Yunnan Provinces (Yungui Plateau) in Southwestern China are well known as biodiversity hotspots. We introduce two new species in this study viz., Mucispora hydei (in Fuscosporellaceae, Fuscosporellales, Sordariomycetes) and Tolypocladium cucullae (Ophiocordycipitaceae, Hypocreales, Sordariomycetes) and six new records based on morpho-molecular analyses. Full descriptions, color photographs and phylogenetic trees to indicate the placements of new species are provided.

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