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The Combination of Morphological and Phylogenetic Evidence Reveals Four New Gymnopus Species and New Distribution

Authors :
Jia-Jun Hu
Yong-Lan Tuo
Zheng-Xiang Qi
Xue-Fei Li
Dong-Hua Jiang
Bo Zhang
Yu Li
Source :
Journal of Fungi, Vol 10, Iss 10, p 672 (2024)
Publication Year :
2024
Publisher :
MDPI AG, 2024.

Abstract

The genus Gymnopus plays a significant role in ecological systems, with certain species holding potential as food or medicinal resources. However, the species diversity of Gymnopus in China remains unclear. In recent years, more than one thousand Gymnopus specimens have been collected across China. Thus, through the integration of ecological evidence, detailed morphological studies, and phylogenetic analysis using a multiloci dataset of ITS + nLSU + tef1-ɑ, four new species—Gymnopus longistipes, Gymnopus striatipileatus, Gymnopus viridiscus, and Gymnopus spadiceus—have been differentiated from known species. Gymnopus similis has been newly documented from Jiangxi Province, China. Detailed descriptions and vivid illustrations have been provided based on the newly collected specimens, along with comparisons to closely related species. Additionally, a key to the reported species of Gymnopus s.l. from East China has been included.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2309608X
Volume :
10
Issue :
10
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Journal of Fungi
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.3bcee6845e8644f09731f16cd8c53993
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10100672