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Issue: Vol. 734 No. 2: 19 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.734.2.3
Page range: 173-190
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New records of myxomycetes from Russia and Mongolia and phylogeny of Perichaena brevifila

Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101, Novosibirsk, RU-630090, Russian Federation; Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky Prospekt, 33, Moscow, RU-119071, Russian Federation
Аgency of Plant Prorection, Plant and Agricultural Research Institute Building, 15th khoroo, Darkhan soum, Darkhan-Uul province, MN-45047, Mongolia
Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101, Novosibirsk, RU-630090, Russian Federation
The Federal Research Center Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lavrent’ev av., 10, Novosibirsk, RU-630090, Russian Federation
Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lavrent’ev av., 8, Novosibirsk, RU-630090, Russian Federation
Institute of Chemical Biology and Fundamental Medicine, Russian Academy of Sciences, Lavrent’ev av., 8, Novosibirsk, RU-630090, Russian Federation; Moscow Center for Advanced Studies, Kulakova Str., 20, Moscow, RU-123592, Russian Federation
Central Siberian Botanical Garden, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, Zolotodolinskaya Str., 101, Novosibirsk, RU-630090, Russian Federation
myxomycetes new records phylogeny SEM Fungi

Abstract

New records are presented for eight species of myxomycetes, including three for Russia and four for Mongolia. Of these, Calonema dissipatum, Perichaena brevifila and Trichia heteroelaterum are very rare on a global scale. Arcyria afroalpina is the first record in Russia and mainland Asia; Calonema dissipatum is the second record in the world, the first record in Russia and in Northern Asia; Perichaena brevifila is the second record in Russia and Asia; Trichia heteroelaterum is the third record in the world, and first record in Russia and in Northern Asia. Cribraria macrocarpa, C. mirabilis, C. purpurea, Metatrichia asiatica and Physarum aeneum are the first records in Mongolia. The 18S nrDNA sequence for Perichaena brevifila was obtained for the first time, allowing the phylogeny of the species to be determined. Photographs of fruiting bodies of the identified species in reflected light, microstructures in transmitted light and in SEM are presented.

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How to Cite

Vlasenko, A.V., Dejidmaa, T., Zibzeev, E.G., Baturin, S.O., Bondar, A.A., Chelobanov, B.P. & Vlasenko, V.A. (2025) New records of myxomycetes from Russia and Mongolia and phylogeny of Perichaena brevifila. Phytotaxa 734 (2): 173–190. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.734.2.3