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Issue: Vol. 677 No. 1: 12 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.677.1.4
Page range: 77-86
Abstract views: 75
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Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal a new wood-inhabiting fungal species of Conferticium (Stereaceae, Basidiomycota) from southwest China

Yichang Academy of Agricultural Science, Yichang 443000, P.R. China
College of Forestry, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, P.R. China
Yichang Academy of Agricultural Science, Yichang 443000, P.R. China
Yichang Academy of Agricultural Science, Yichang 443000, P.R. China
Baoshan People's Hospital, Baoshan, 678000, P.R. China
College of Forestry, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming 650224, P.R. China
Molecular systematics New species Taxonomy Wood-decaying fungi Yunnan Province Fungi

Abstract

A new wood-inhabiting fungus, Conferticium fissuratum is proposed based on morphological features and molecular phylogenetic evidence. It is characterized by the membranous basidiomata with the tuberculate hymenial surface, a monomitic hyphal system having simple-septate generative hyphae, the presence of the subcylindrical cystidia with the mastoid process and broadly ellipsoid, and the verrucose basidiospores (4.5–6.1 × 3.5–4.7 µm). The phylogenetic tree inferred from ITS sequences revealed that the new species C. fissuratum clusters sister to C. ravum. A full description, illustrations, and results of the phylogenetic analysis of the new species are provided.

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