IMA Fungus 4(2): 359-369, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.02.15
Two new species of hydnoid-fungi from India
Benjamin Stielow‡, Joost A. Stalpers§, J. Benjamin Stielow|‡ CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht, Netherlands§ CBS-KNAW Fungal Biodiversity Centre, Utrecht| CBS-KNAW, Fungal Biodiversity Centre, AD Utrecht
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Stielow B, Stalpers JA, Stielow JB (2013) Two new species of hydnoid-fungi from India. IMA Fungus 4(2): 359-369. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2013.04.02.15 |  |
Abstract
Two taxa, Hericium yumthangense (Russulales, Agaricomycotina) and Mycoleptodonoides sharmae (Polyporales, Agaricomycotina) are described as new to science from the Shingba Rhododendron sanctuary located in the northern district of Sikkim, India. Macro- and micromorphological characters are described and illustrated for both species, which are compared with allied taxa. ITS rDNAsequences supported H. yumthangense as a rather isolated species within Hericium, the species complexes of which were not resolved due to low interspecific sequence divergence. In the case of M. sharmae, 28S rDNA (D1/D2) data rendered this poorly known genus among well-known taxa of the core-polyporoid clade.
Keywords
Abies, Hericiaceae, Himalaya, Meruliaceae, Rhododendron, Sikkim, taxonomy