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Issue: Vol. 733 No. 2: 11 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.733.2.1
Page range: 155-171
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A new species and a new record of Bolbitius (Bolbitiaceae, Agaricales) from Scotland and Britain, respectively

Coprophilous Fungi Research Group, Edinburgh, Scotland
Komarov Botanical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Prof. Popov Str. 2, 197022 St Petersburg, Russia
New York Mycological Society, 259 21st Street 3J, Brooklyn NY 11215, United States of America
HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Institute of Biochemistry, Temesvári körút 62, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary
HUN-REN Biological Research Centre, Institute of Biochemistry, Temesvári körút 62, H-6726 Szeged, Hungary; Korea University, Seongbuk-gu, Seoul 02481, Republic of Korea
Basidiomycota taxonomy phylogeny ITS LSU new species coprophilous Fungi

Abstract

A new coprophilous species of Bolbitius, B. corrugatus sp. nov., is described and illustrated based on collections from Scotland. The new species is characterised by its yellow, corrugated pileus, hexagonal spores, and coprophilous habitat. A phylogenetic analysis based on ITS and LSU was conducted to support morphological data. A link to a time-lapse video showing the growth of basidiocarps in the type collection is included as part of the description. Another coprophilous species, B. excoriatus, is introduced as new to Britain and is included in the phylogenetic analysis. Morphological descriptions, illustrations, and phylogenetic analysis results of the two species are provided. A competition-based hypothesis is proposed for the variation in basidiocarp size among coprophilous fungi.

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How to Cite

Drummond-Herdman, A., Malysheva, E., Jakob, S., Szafián, D.A. & Nagy, L.G. (2025) A new species and a new record of Bolbitius (Bolbitiaceae, Agaricales) from Scotland and Britain, respectively. Phytotaxa 733 (2): 155–171. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.733.2.1