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Issue: Vol. 613 No. 1: 7 Sept. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-09-07
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.613.1.3
Page range: 39-46
Abstract views: 159
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A new addition to the Helvella macropus group (Helvellaceae) from Southwestern China

Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control in Universities of Yunnan Province; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming; Yunnan 650224; China. Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia; Yunnan; Key Laboratory of Fungal Diversity and Green Development; Kunming Institute of Botany; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming; Yunnan 650201; China.
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia; Yunnan; Key Laboratory of Fungal Diversity and Green Development; Kunming Institute of Botany; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming; Yunnan 650201; China.
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia; Yunnan; Key Laboratory of Fungal Diversity and Green Development; Kunming Institute of Botany; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Kunming; Yunnan 650201; China.
Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control in Universities of Yunnan Province; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming; Yunnan 650224; China.
Fungi morphology multigene analysis Pezizales phylogeny

Abstract

Based on the morphology and phylogenetic analyses of 5.8s ribosomal RNA and internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS), large subunit rRNA (LSU), translation elongation factor-1 alpha (tef-1α), and heat shock protein 90 (hsp90), a novel species, Helvella submacropus is introduced. The species is found in Yunnan Province, China, and is characterized by shallowly cupulate to cupulate apothecia with villose to densely pubescent receptacle surface and cylindrical stipes. The phylogenetic analyses showed that H. submacropus clustered with H. macropus and H. guttata. However, these three species can be well distinguished by morphological and molecular evidence. The taxonomic description, illustration, and phylogeny of H. submacropus, and also its comparison with similar taxa are provided.

 

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