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Issue: Vol. 766 No. 3: 14 Jul. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-07-14
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.766.3.2
Page range: 230-240
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Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal a new wood-inhabiting fungal species in Crustodontia (Meruliaceae, Polyporales) from China

College of Forestry; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming 650224; P.R. China
College of Forestry; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming 650224; P.R. China
College of Forestry; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming 650224; P.R. China
College of Forestry; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming 650224; P.R. China; The Key Laboratory of Forest Resources Conservation and Utilization in the Southwest Mountains of China; Ministry of Education; Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of In-forest Resource of Yunnan; Key Laboratory of Forest Disaster Warning and Control in Yunnan Province; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming 650224; P.R. China; Forest Resources Exploitation and Utilization Engineering Research Center for Grand Health of Yunnan Provincial Universities; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming 650224; P.R. China
Fungi Morphology New taxon Phylogeny Wood-inhabiting fungi Yunnan Province

Abstract

Crustodontia is characterized by resupinate, ceraceous, smooth, grandinioid to odontioid or tuberculate basidiomata, exhibiting a yellowish, brownish, or black hymenial surface that turns reddish or purplish upon application of KOH. A novel leather-like fungus, Crustodontia electrina, was discovered in Yunnan Province, southwestern China, and is described and illustrated here based on both morphological and molecular evidence. This species is distinguished by resupinate basidiomata, a smooth and light curry-yellow hymenial surface when fresh, a monomitic hyphal system with clamp connections on generative hyphae, subclavate cystidia, clavate to subuniform basidia, and thin-walled, ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid basidiospores measuring 3.4–4.7 × 2.9–3.9 µm. Phylogenetic analysis indicates that the new species forms a distinct lineage within the Crustodontia clade, based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS) sequences. A comprehensive description, illustrations, and results of the phylogenetic analysis of the new species are presented.

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Li, Q., Fang, Z., Yang, J. & Zhou, H. (2026) Molecular phylogeny and morphology reveal a new wood-inhabiting fungal species in Crustodontia (Meruliaceae, Polyporales) from China. Phytotaxa 766 (3): 230–240. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.766.3.2