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Issue: Vol. 400 No. 1: 2 April 2019
Type: Article
Published: 2019-04-02
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.400.1.3
Page range: 23–30
Abstract views: 18
PDF downloaded: 1

Hygrocybe pseudoacutoconica (Hygrocybeae, Hygrocyboideae, Hygrophoraceae), a new species from a South China Sea island

State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China
State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China
State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China
State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open Laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou 510070, China
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Abstract

Hygrocybe pseudoacutoconica, a new species in subg. Hygrocybe sect. Hygrocybe subsect. Macrosporae, is characterized by small and non-blackening basidiomata; orange to reddish orange pileus; free, white, and broad lamellae; regular lamellar trama; and ellipsoid to oblong basidiospores [(7–)9–11(–12) × 5–7 μm]. Phylogeny overview of the genus Hygrocybe confirmed the phylogenetic position of the new species.