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Issue: Vol. 500 No. 1: 7 May 2021
Type: Article
Published: 2021-05-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.500.1.1
Page range: 1–10
Abstract views: 54
PDF downloaded: 1

Cortinarius khinganensis (Agaricales), a new species of section Illumini from Northeast China

Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, P. R. China Life Science College, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, P. R. China
State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P. R. China
Department of Plant Anatomy, Institute of Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, P. R. China
Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, P. R. China
Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, P. R. China Life Science College, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, P. R. China
Basidiomycota Cortinariaceae ectomycorrhizal fungi ITS phylogeny taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

This study presents one telamonioid species new to science based on morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analyses. Cortinarius khinganensis was collected from the Greater Khingan Mountains, Northeast China and it is characterized by hygrophanous, vivid brownish red and striate pileus, white universal veil, and subglobose spores. According to phylogenetic analyses results, C. khinganensis belongs to the section Illumini, which is a lineage distantly related from subgenus Telamonia sensu stricto. Detailed descriptions of the new species and the comparisons with morphologically similar species are provided. The phylogenetic relationships within the section Illumini are also discussed.