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Issue: Vol. 705 No. 1: 11 Jun. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-06-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.1.4
Page range: 50-62
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Ripartites subtropicus (Paralepistaceae, Agaricales), a newly discovered species from subtropical China

College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Hunan Provincial Demonstration Center of Forestry Seeding Breeding, Changsha 410329, China
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
Omphalioid morphological characters phylogenetic analysis taxonomy Tricholomatineae Fungi

Abstract

Ripartites is a small but globally widespread genus that has rarely been reported before in China. The present study introduces a new species, R. subtropicus from subtropical China, based on morphological and phylogenetic evidence. The phylogenetic analysis based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences demonstrates that R. subtropicus is close related to R. tricholoma. Ripartites subtropicus differs from other members of the genus by its habitat in northern subtropical high-mountain forests and its predominantly 1- or 2-spored basidia, with fewer occurrences of 4-spored basidia. This species can be distinguished from R. tricholoma also by the lack of hairs on the pileus margin. Additionally, a worldwide key to Ripartites is provided.

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Yang, Y.-Z., Deng, P.-T., Yan, J., Xiao, Y.-Q., Zhang, P., Chen, Z.-H. & He, Z.-M. (2025) Ripartites subtropicus (Paralepistaceae, Agaricales), a newly discovered species from subtropical China. Phytotaxa 705 (1): 50–62. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.1.4