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Issue: Vol. 316 No. 2: 4 August 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-08-04
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.316.2.3
Page range: 138–148
Abstract views: 22
PDF downloaded: 1

The genus Phillipsia from China and Thailand

Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand
Formerly, Department of Botany, Goa University, India
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China Center of Excellence in Fungal Research, Mae Fah Luang University, Chiang Rai, 57100, Thailand
Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Faculty of Agriculture, Chiang Mai University, 50200, Thailand
Key Laboratory for Plant Diversity and Biogeography of East Asia, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650201, Yunnan, China
apothecia discomycetes operculate phylogeny taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

The genus Phillipsia (Sarcoscyphaceae) is characterized by large, bright-coloured, sub-stipitate apothecia, sub-operculate asci and asymmetrical ascospores with longitudinal striations. Morphological and phylogenetic studies were carried out on new collections of Phillipsia from China and Thailand. Phillipsia subpurpurea are recorded from China and Phillipsia gelatinosa from Thailand is introduced as a new species to science. Our new collections are confirmed to be divergent from other species of Phillipsia based on morphological examination and molecular phylogenetic analyses of ITS and LSU sequence data. Descriptions and figures are provided for the taxa which are also compared with allied taxa.