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Issue: Vol. 619 No. 1: 5 Oct. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-10-05
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.619.1.4
Page range: 86-96
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Two novel species of Urnula (Sarcosomataceae, Pezizales) from Yunnan, China

Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control in Yunnan Province; College of Biodiversity Conservation; 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
Ailaoshan Station of Subtropical Forest Ecosystem Studies; Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Jingdong; Yunnan 676209; China
Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control in Yunnan Province; College of Biodiversity Conservation; 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
Fungi 2 new taxa morphology phylogeny Sarcosomataceae

Abstract

Urnula is a prominent and older genus within the family Sarcosomataceae. Its members are widely distributed and have very similar features in the field. This study proposes two novel Urnula species collected from Yunnan Province, China. Detailed descriptions, illustrations, and phylogenetic analyses are provided. Urnula ailaoshanensis grows on rotten wood surrounded by moss and is characterized by its brighter hymenial surface, wider asci, and longer ascospores. Urnula subcrateria was collected on the soil humus layer of a subtropical forest with many fallen leaves, mosses, and lichens. It is morphologically and molecularly related to Urnula craterium (Schwein.) Fr., but can easily be distinguished by its shorter stipe and smaller asci and ascospores.

 

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