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Issue: Vol. 332 No. 2: 19 December 2017
Type: Article
Published: 2017-12-19
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.332.2.4
Page range: 172–180
Abstract views: 16
PDF downloaded: 1

Gerhardtia sinensis (Agaricales, Lyophyllaceae), a new species and a newly recorded genus for China

State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, 510070, China
State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, 510070, China
State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, 510070, China
State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, 510070, China
State Key Laboratory of Applied Microbiology Southern China, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Microbial Culture Collection and Application, Guangdong Open laboratory of Applied Microbiology, Guangdong Institute of Microbiology, Guangzhou, 510070, China
Fungi Lyophyllaceae phylogenetics subtropical fungus taxonomy

Abstract

Gerhardtia sinensis, as a new species discovered from southern China, is described, illustrated and compared with morphologically similar and phylogenetically related species. Morphologically, it is characterized by its white to yellowish or partially pale yellow pileus with faint striae, subdistant to fairly distant lamellae with intervenose veins, and slightly verruculose basidiospores (4.7–)5.2–6.2(–6.6) × (2.5–)3.0–3.4(–3.8) μm in size. Molecular phylogenetic analyses of the new species and related taxa are performed based on the sequences of nuclear ribosomal large subunit (nrLSU) and nuclear ribosomal internal transcribed spacer (ITS).