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Issue: Vol. 208 No. 2: 19 May 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-05-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.208.2.3
Page range: 147-156
Abstract views: 147
PDF downloaded: 96

Auricularia thailandica sp. nov. (Auriculariaceae, Auriculariales) a widely distributed species from Southeastern Asia

Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. Mushroom Research Foundation, P.O. Box 58, Bandoo Post Office, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand. School of science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. Mushroom Research Foundation, P.O. Box 58, Bandoo Post Office, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand.
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. Mushroom Research Foundation, P.O. Box 58, Bandoo Post Office, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand. World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China. Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China.
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. Mushroom Research Foundation, P.O. Box 58, Bandoo Post Office, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand. World Agroforestry Centre, East and Central Asia, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China. Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Science, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China.
Institute of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand. School of science, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand.
Jelly fungi morphology phylogeny taxonomy Thailand Fungi

Abstract

Auricularia is an important genus among the jelly fungi due to its popular consumption and medicinal properties. A new species of Auricularia, A. thailandica is described from fresh collections made from the Philippines, Thailand and Southern China based on morphological and molecular characters. Auricularia thailandica differs from other species by having short and loosely arranged abhymenial hairs on the basidiomata and in the different size of the zones in a cross section of the basidiomata. The species is found to be widely distributed in Southeastern Asia. Phylogenetic relationships were inferred based on the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region. The new species is introduced with full description and illustrations.