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Issue: Vol. 677 No. 2: 16 Dec. 2024
Type: Article
Published: 2024-12-16
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.677.2.4
Page range: 155-165
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A new species and five new combinations of Thaxterogaster (Cortinariaceae, Agaricales) from China

Engineering Research Center of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun, P. R. China. School of Food Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, P. R. China.
School of Food Science and Engineering, Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, P. R. China
State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 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
Basidiomycota ectomycorrhizal fungi morphology new taxa phylogeny Fungi

Abstract

Thaxterogaster is a species-rich genus with more than 170 species worldwide, but the actual species diversity in China remains poorly understood. In this study, T. sinoscaurus, collected in mixed forests from China, is described as new to science. The new species is mainly characterized by an olive brown to yellowish viscid pileus of strongly hygrophanous streaks margin, marginate bulb stipe, green universal veil, distinct blue in the context of the stipe, and big ellipsoid to oblong basidiospores. The distinct taxonomic status of T. sinoscaurus is confirmed by the ITS phylogenetic analyses. In addition, five new combinations in this genus are proposed.

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