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Issue: Vol. 769 No. 2: 11 Aug. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-08-11
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.769.2.2
Page range: 123-137
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Morphological and Molecular Identification of a New Wood-Inhabiting Species of Trechispora (Basidiomycota) 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 South-west Mountains of China; Ministry of Education; Key Laboratory of National Forestry and Grassland Administration on Biodiversity Conservation in Southwest China; Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory for Conservation and Utilization of In-forest Resource; 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; College of Forestry; Southwest Forestry University; Kunming 650224; P.R. China
Fungi Hydnodontaceae Phylogenetics Taxonomy Wood-inhabiting fungi Yunnan Province

Abstract

Trechispora abieticola sp. nov. found in Yunnan Province, southwestern China, is described here as a new species based on morphology and phylogeny. Trechispora abieticola has white basidiomata, a yellowish and grandinioid hymenophore, and a monomitic hyphal system with thin-walled hyphae, and subglobose, hyaline, thick-walled and verrucose basidiospores, with a single guttule, measuring 2.1–2.9 × 2.0–2.6 µm. Phylogenetic analyses of the new species were conducted using the nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS). The phylogenetic analyses indicated that the new species belongs to the genus Trechispora, and forms a monophyletic lineage. A full description, illustrations, and phylogenetic analyses results of the new species are provided.

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Wang, Z., Xia, Y., Feng, J., Zhu, Y. & Zhou, H. (2026) Morphological and Molecular Identification of a New Wood-Inhabiting Species of Trechispora (Basidiomycota) from China. Phytotaxa 769 (2): 123–137. https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.769.2.2