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Issue: Vol. 756 No. 1: 12 May 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-05-12
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.756.1.7
Page range: 81-90
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Two new species of Macrotyphula (Phyllotopsidineae, Agaricales) from Central China

College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410006, P.R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410006, P.R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410006, P.R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410006, P.R. China
Clavarioid fungi morphological characteristics taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Two novel species of Macrotyphula, Macrotyphula hunanensis and Macrotyphula levigelbus, are described from Central China based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses. Analyses of a five-locus dataset (ITS, LSU, SSU, RPB2, and TEF1-α) support their placement in Macrotyphula and recognition as distinct species. Given their morphological similarity to M. juncea and low genetic distances from that species, both new species are considered to be members of the M. juncea species complex. However, they are distinguished from M. juncea and each other in that M. hunanensis possesses a pale-yellow fertile portion and oblong basidiospores, whereas M. levigelbus is characterized by its yellow basidiomata and ellipsoid basidiospores.

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How to Cite

Shi, Z.-L., Deng, P.-T., Liu, X.-F. & Zhang, P. (2026) Two new species of Macrotyphula (Phyllotopsidineae, Agaricales) from Central China. Phytotaxa 756 (1): 81–90. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.756.1.7