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Issue: Vol. 453 No. 3: 23 July 2020
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2020-07-23
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.453.3.11
Page range: 293–296
Abstract views: 46
PDF downloaded: 2

Modicella albostipitata, a new species of sporocarp-forming fungus from New Zealand (Mortierellaceae: Mortierellomycota)

Manaaki Whenua, PO Box 69040, Lincoln 7640, New Zealand
Manaaki Whenua, Private Bag 92170, Auckland 1142, New Zealand
Fungi Australasia southern hemisphere truffles Zygomycota

Abstract

Modicella is an unusual genus within the Mortierellaceae because it forms relatively large terrestrial sporocarps. The two existing described species are rarely encountered. We describe a new species, M. albostipitata, from New Zealand in the southern hemisphere, which is both morphologically and phylogenetically distinct from the described species.

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