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Elaphomyces readii (Elaphomycetaceae, Eurotiomycetes), a new medicinal species of hypogeous fungus with biocultural importance from Mexico

Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Edafología, Km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco, Estado de México, 56230, Mexico.
Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Edafología, Km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco, Estado de México, 56230, Mexico.
Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Edafología, Km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco, Estado de México, 56230, Mexico.
Colegio de Postgraduados, Campus Montecillo, Edafología, Km 36.5, Montecillo, Texcoco, Estado de México, 56230, Mexico.
Universidad Autónoma Chapingo, Instituto de Horticultura del Departamento de Fitotecnia, Carr. Federal México-Texcoco Km 38.5, 56230 Texcoco, Mexico.
Instituto de Biología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Circuito exterior s/n. Ciudad Universitaria, 04510, Mexico City, Mexico.
Ectomycorrhizal fungi Elaphomycetaceae ethnomycology sequestrate fungi truffle-like fungi Fungi

Abstract

Elaphomyces readii is presented as a new species to science based on morphological and molecular evidence. The new species is characterized mainly by the pale brown rugose ascomata, yellowish to reddish brown hues in the proximity to the gleba, dark purple gleba and ascospores 20–57 µm in diameter. Elaphomyces readii is morphologically similar to E. papillatus and E. muricatus but differs in the ascospore size and phylogenetical location. Further, E. readii is sold in traditional markets in the state of Oaxaca, southeastern Mexico as a medicinal fungus consumed to heal wounds, internal bleeding, and external injuries. Morphological descriptions, SEM ornamentation spores and nrITS-based phylogenetic analysis using maximum parsimony, maximum likelihood method and Bayesian inference support the proposal of this new species.

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