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Three new species of Cyanosporus (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from China

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Cyanosporus is a cosmopolitan genus characterized by effused-reflexed to pileate basidiomata with a bluish tint and allantoid to cylindrical basidiospores which are negative to weakly positive in Melzer’s reagent and Cotton Blue, causing a brown rot. Three new species of Cyanosporus, namely, C. linzhiensis, C. miscanthi and C. tabuliformis are described and illustrated. Phylogenies on Cyanosporus are reconstructed with seven loci DNA sequences including ITS, nLSU, nSSU, mtSSU, RPB1, RPB2 and TEF1 based on phylogenetic analyses combined with morphological examination. The description for the new species is given. The main morphological characteristics of all 38 accepted species in Cyanosporus are summarized.

Source: MycoKeys

DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.107.126139

Authors: Chao-Ge Wang, Shun Liu, Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad, Hong-Gao Liu, Yu-Cheng Dai, Yuan Yuan

Institutions: Beijing Forestry University, Peking University, Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology, Zhaotong University

Language: English

Topic: Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $970

Funders: National Science Foundation, National Natural Science Foundation of China, Iran National Science Foundation