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Issue: Vol. 722 No. 2: 14 Oct. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-10-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.722.2.4
Page range: 147-158
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Hemitrichia schnittleri and Trichia novozhilovii, two new species of bright-spored myxomycetes from Mongolia

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
Botanical Garden and Research Institute of the Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Enkhtaivan avenue, Jucov street, 77, Ulaanbaatar, MN-13330, Mongolia
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
2 new species bright-spored myxomycetes Inner Asia phylogeny SEM slime moulds Fungi

Abstract

Two new species of myxomycetes are described in the genera Hemitrichia and Trichia. Each species is given a full description, along with details of ecology and distribution. They are compared to morphologically similar species, using both light and scanning electron microscopy. DNA extracted from the 18S nrDNA regions (SSU), confirmed the two new species.

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How to Cite

Vlasenko, A.V., Enkhtuya, O., Chelobanov, B.P. & Vlasenko, V.A. (2025) Hemitrichia schnittleri and Trichia novozhilovii, two new species of bright-spored myxomycetes from Mongolia. Phytotaxa 722 (2): 147–158. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.722.2.4