IMA Fungus 7(2): 235-238, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.02.02
Two new Aroramyces species (Hysterangiaceae, Hysterangiales) from México
Gonzalo Guevara-Guerrero‡, Michael A. Castellano§, Victor Gómez-Reyes|‡ Instituto Tecnológico de Cd. Victoria, Cd. Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico§ Northern Research Station, USDA Forest Service, Corvallis| Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo, Facultad de Biolog’ia, Morelia
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Guevara-Guerrero G, Castellano MA, Gómez-Reyes V (2016) Two new Aroramyces species (Hysterangiaceae, Hysterangiales) from México. IMA Fungus 7(2): 235-238. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.02.02 |  |
Abstract
Little is known of the truffle-like fungi of northern Mexico. Few mycologists have collected truffle-like specimens in this area. The wide diversity of habitat and potential mycorrhizal partners portend a unique and varied truffle-like mycota. In the conduct of recent field studies in this region we collected many interesting truffle-like specimens. We present two taxa that have unique characteristics, brownish spores with spines embedded within a distinctly inflated utricle surrounding each spore. Aroramyces balanosporus and A. herrerae are described as new species. This is the first record of the genus Aroramyces from North America.
Keywords
Basidiomycetes, truffle, truffle-like, sequestrate fungi, hypogeous fungi, taxonomy