Two new deer truffle species, Elaphomyces marmoratus and Elaphomyces fuscus spp. nov., from a secondary forest in Japan

Autor: Makoto Shirakawa, Megumi Tanaka
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Mycoscience. 61:315-322
ISSN: 1340-3540
DOI: 10.1016/j.myc.2020.07.002
Popis: We describe two new species of deer truffle, Elaphomyces marmoratus and E. fuscus spp. nov., collected from a secondary forest dominated by Quercus serrata, in Tokyo, Japan. Both species have morphological similarities to E. muricatus and E. granulatus; however, the former has a gleba without a purplish color and the latter has reticulated ascospores more closely resembling E. asperulus. Molecular phylogenetic analyses also support the assignment of these specimens as new species. ITS rDNA homologies with known species were low (
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