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The Impact of Drying Temperature on Basidiospore Size Open
Fungal taxonomy research, and specifically the study of macro and micro morphological characteristics, requires precise temperature control. This is because variation in temperature can affect macrofungal microstructures. Understanding the…
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Bulk isolation of basidiospores from wild mushrooms by electrostatic attraction with low risk of microbial contaminations Open
The basidiospores of most Agaricomycetes are ballistospores. They are propelled off from their basidia at maturity when Buller's drop develops at high humidity at the hilar spore appendix and fuses with a liquid film formed on the adaxial …
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New sequestrate fungi from Guyana: Jimtrappea guyanensis gen. sp. nov., Castellanea pakaraimophila gen. sp. nov., and Costatisporus cyanescens gen. sp. nov. (Boletaceae, Boletales) Open
Jimtrappea guyanensis gen. sp. nov., Castellanea pakaraimophila gen. sp. nov., and Costatisporus cyanescens gen. sp. nov. are described as new to science. These sequestrate, hypogeous fungi were collected in Guyana under closed canopy trop…
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Genetic basis for coordination of meiosis and sexual structure maturation in Cryptococcus neoformans Open
In the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans, sex can benefit its pathogenicity through production of meiospores, which are believed to offer both physical and meiosis-created lineage advantages for its infections. Cryptococcus spo…
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Hydnophanerochaete and Odontoefibula, two new genera of phanerochaetoid fungi (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) from East Asia Open
Two new genera with phylogenetic affinities to Phanerochaete s.l. are presented, namely Hydnophanerochaete and Odontoefibula . The generic type of Hydnophanerochaete is Phanerochaeteodontoidea . Odontoefibula is established based on a new …
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Understanding lichenicolous heterobasidiomycetes: new taxa and reproductive innovations in<i>Tremella</i>s.l. Open
Four new lichenicolous Tremella species are described and characterized morphologically and molecularly. Tremella celata grows on Ramalina fraxinea, inducing the formation of inconspicuous galls, and having hyphae with incomplete clamps. T…
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New records of Basidiomycota from Trabzon, Tokat, and İstanbul provinces in Turkey* Open
Basidiomata were collected from Trabzon, Tokat, and İstanbul provinces between 2011 and 2015. Standard methods were used during collecting and microscopic investigations. Cantharellus ianthinoxanthus (R.Maire) Kühner, Cortinarius humicola …
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Protein profile and protein interaction network of Moniliophthora perniciosa basidiospores Open
The quantities of basidiospores 7 × 10(9); 5.2 × 10(8), and 6.7 × 10(8) were sufficient to obtain enough protein mass for the three 2D-PAGE replicates, for the 0, 2, and 4 h-treatments, respectively. The protein extraction method that is b…
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The<i>Coprinopsis cinerea</i>Tup1 homologue Cag1 is required for gill formation during fruiting body morphogenesis Open
The pileus (cap) of the fruiting body in homobasidiomycete fungi bears the hymenium, a layer of cells that includes the basidia where nuclear fusion, meiosis and sporulation occur. Coprinopsis cinerea is a model system for studying fruitin…
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Molecular Systematics and Taxonomic Analyses of Three New Wood-Inhabiting Fungi of Hyphoderma (Hyphodermataceae, Basidiomycota) Open
In this present study, three new wood-inhabiting fungal taxa, Hyphoderma niveomarginatum, H. sordidum and H. weishanense, are proposed. Hyphoderma niveomarginatum is characterized by the ceraceous basidiomata having a smooth, cracking hyme…
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Morphological and Molecular Evidence Reveal Eight New Species of Gymnopus from Northeast China Open
Gymnopus is a widely distributed genus consisting of about 300 species thus far, including Gymnopus fusipes as a generic type. A total of nine species from China belong to the sect. Levipedes, including eight new species—Gymnopus longister…
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Hyphodontia mollissima sp. nov. (Schizoporaceae, Hymenochaetales) from Hainan, southern China Open
Hyphodontia mollissima is described from Hainan Province, southern China, as a new species. This species is characterized by resupinate, soft corky basidiocarps, poroid hymenophores, a pseudodimitic hyphal system with clamped generative hy…
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Eoscyphella luciurceolata gen. and sp. nov. (Agaricomycetes) Shed Light on Cyphellopsidaceae with a New Lineage of Bioluminescent Fungi Open
During nocturnal field expeditions in the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, an unexpected bioluminescent fungus with reduced form was found. Based on morphological data, the taxon was first identified as belonging to the cyphelloid genus Mair…
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Two New Species of <i>Laccaria</i> (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from Korea Open
Species of Laccaria (Hydnangiaceae, Agaricales, and Basidiomycota) are well-known ectomycorrhizal symbionts of a broad range of hosts. Laccaria species are characterized by brown, orange, or purple colored basidiocarps, and globose or oblo…
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Russula nigrovirens sp. nov. (Russulaceae) from southwestern China<!--EndFragment--> Open
A new species, Russula nigrovirens, with phenotypic similarities to R. virescens is proposed based on morphological and molecular data. Morphologically, R. nigrovirens is characterized by the combination of non-striate pileus with dull gre…
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A preliminary overview of the corticioid Atractiellomycetes (Pucciniomycotina, Basidiomycetes) Open
The taxonomy of the corticioid fungi from the class Atractiellomycetes (Pucciniomycotina, Basidiomycetes) currently addressed to the genus Helicogloea, is revised based on morphological and nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS and LSU) data. The gen…
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Rhodocybe tugrulii (Agaricales, Entolomataceae), a new species from Turkey and Estonia based on morphological and molecular data, and a new combination in Clitocella (Entolomataceae) Open
Rhodocybe tugrulii sp. nov. is described based on both morphological and molecular data (analysis of nrITS and nrLSU sequences) from Zigana Mountain, Trabzon, Turkey and Lääne County, Estonia. It is distinguished by the grey to beige or sl…
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Molecular and morphological evidence reveal a new genus and species in Auriculariales from tropical China Open
Grammatuslabyrinthinus gen. et sp. nov. is proposed based on DNA sequences data and morphological characteristics. It is known so far from southern, tropical China. The new species is characterised by an annual, resupinate basidiocarp with…
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Hydnum species producing whitish basidiomata in Japan Open
A new species of the genus Hydnum, H. minum, with whitish basidiomata, is described and illustrated from Japan based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses. This species is characterized by small basidiomata (1–2.5 cm in height), spino…
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Redescription of Clitocybe umbrinopurpurascens (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) and revision of Neohygrophorus and Pseudoomphalina Open
Clitocybe umbrinopurpurascens, a rare species thus far known only from Morocco, is redescribed based on fresh collections made in Calabria (South Italy). Photographs of fresh material and drawings of the main micromorphological features of…
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Applying early divergent characters in higher rank taxonomy of <i>Melampsorineae</i> ( <i>Basidiomycota, Pucciniales</i> ) Open
Rust fungi in the order Pucciniales represent one of the largest groups of phytopathogens, which occur on mosses, ferns to advanced monocots and dicots. Seven suborders and 18 families have been reported so far, however recent phylogenetic…
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Taxonomy and phylogeny of Sidera (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota): four new species and keys to species of the genus Open
Sidera is a polypore genus with white to cream or buff basidiomata, whose species in Hymenochaetales are poorly known. We study the phylogeny and diversity of Sidera based on our recent collections from tropic and subtropic Asian-Pacific r…
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Radiation of mushroom-forming fungi correlates with novel modes of protecting sexual fruiting bodies Open
The protection of vulnerable developing structures evolved repeatedly in terrestrial organisms and includes, among others, viviparity in animals and the seed in land plants. In mushroom-forming fungi (Agaricomycetes), sexual spores are bor…
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Basidioascus undulatus: genome, origins, and sexuality Open
Basidioascus undulatus is a soil basidiomycete belonging to the order Geminibasidiales. The taxonomic status of the order was unclear as originally it was only tentatively classified in the class Wallemiomycetes. The fungi in Geminibasidia…
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Morphological and molecular identification for four new wood-inhabiting species of Trechispora (Basidiomycota) from China Open
Four new wood-inhabiting fungi, Trechispora albofarinosa , T. bisterigmata , T. pileata and T. wenshanensis spp. nov. , are proposed based on a combination of morphological features and molecular evidence. Trechispora albofarinosa is chara…
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<i>Caudicicola gracilis</i> (Polyporales, Basidiomycota), a New Polypore Species and Genus from Finland Open
A new monotypic polypore genus, Caudicicola Miettinen, Kotir. & Kulju, is described for the new species C. gracilis Kotir., Kulju & Miettinen. The species was collected in central Finland from Picea abies and Pinus sylvestris stumps, where…
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New species of <i> Hohenbuehelia</i>, with comments on the <i> Hohenbuehelia atrocoerulea</i> – <i> Nematoctonus robustus</i> species complex Open
Four new species of Hohenbuehelia (Fungi: Pleurotaceae ) are described in the group of Hohenbuehelia atrocoerulea and Hohenbuehelia grisea . Hohenbuehelia algonquinensis , found on Pinus in Ontario, Canada, may be distinguished macroscopic…
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A new species of Hygrophorus, H. yadigarii sp. nov. (Hygrophoraceae), with an isolated systematic position within the genus from the Colchic part of Turkey Open
Hygrophorus yadigarii (Hygrophoraceae/Basidiomycota) is described as a new species for science based on basidiomata collected from Maçka, Trabzon, Turkey. The new taxon is quite different even from the closest relatives, easily distinguish…
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First contribution to the genus Gymnopilus (Agaricales, Strophariaceae) in Paraguay Open
Gymnopilus is characterized by its ferruginous-yellow basidiomata and lamellae, ferruginous spore print, ellipsoidal basidiospores with warty and rough ornamentation, and lacking a germinative pore. Here, novel data on the Gymnopilus speci…
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Taxonomy and Phylogeny Reveal Two New Potential Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms of Thelephora from East Asia Open
The ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes genus Thelephora has been understudied in subtropical ecosystems. Many species of Thelephora are important edible and medicinal fungi, with substantial economic value. Two new Thelephora species, T. grand…