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Type: Article
Published: 2018-01-16
Page range: 183–194
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Genetic diversity of the genus Terfezia (Pezizaceae, Pezizales): New species and new record from North Africa

Laboratoire de Biologie des Microorganismes et de Biotechnologie, Département de Biotechnologie, Faculté des Sciences de la nature et de la vie, Université d’Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria
Departamento Ciencias de la Vida, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Departamento Ciencias de la Vida, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Departamento Ciencias de la Vida, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Alcalá, 28805 Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain
Laboratoire de Biologie des Microorganismes et de Biotechnologie, Département de Biotechnologie, Faculté des Sciences de la nature et de la vie, Université d’Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria
desert truffles Pezizaceae phylogeny taxonomy Fungi

Abstract

Morphological and phylogenetic analyses of large ribosomal subunit (28S rDNA) and internal transcribed spacer (ITS rDNA) of Terfezia samples collected from several bioclimatic zones in Algeria and Spain revealed the presence of six distinct Terfezia species: T. arenaria, T. boudieri, T. claveryi; T. eliocrocae (reported here for the first time from North Africa), T. olbiensis, and a new species, T. crassiverrucosa sp. nov., proposed and described here, characterized by its phylogenetic position and unique combination of morphological characters. A discussion on the unresolved problems in the taxonomy of the spiny-spored Terfezia species is conducted after the present results.