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Type: Article
Published: 2019-12-10
Page range: 219–232
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Two new species of Calocybe (Lyophyllaceae) from northeast China

Jilin Agriculture Science and Technology University, Jilin 132101, China
Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China
Changchun University, Changchun 130022, China
Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China
Fungi Agaricales Basidiomycota morphology

Abstract

Two new species of Calocybe (Calocybe erminea sp. nov. and C. badiofloccosa sp. nov.) are described from Liaoning province, China. Calocybe erminea is characterized mainly by its light khaki to dirty white pileus, slightly hygrophanous stipe, small basidiospores and cellular epicutis. The key characters of C. badiofloccosa are its light ocher yellow and rough pileus, villose stipe and large basidiospores. The results of phylogenetic analyses based on the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) and the nuclear large subunit rDNA (nrLSU) region indicated that they belong to Calocybe, but they are distinct from other species in the genus. They are compared morphologically with other species which are phenotypically similar and the phylogenetic relationships between them and allied taxa are discussed. These results confirm the species is new to science.