IMA Fungus 7(2): 239-245, doi: 10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.02.03
Kombocles bakaiana gen. sp. nov. (Boletaceae), a new sequestrate fungus from Cameroon
expand article infoTerry W Henkel‡, Todd F. Elliott§, Camille Truong, Olivier Séné|, Bryn T. Dentinger, Terry W. Henkel#
‡ Humboldt State University, Arcata, United States of America§ Warren Wilson College, Department of Integrative Studies, Asheville| National Herbarium of Cameroon, Institute of Agricultural Research for Development, Yaoundé, Cameroon¶ Comparative Plant and Fungal Biology, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, Surrey# Humboldt State University, Department of Biological Sciences, Arcata
© Terry Henkel, Todd Elliott, Camille Truong, Olivier Séné, Bryn Dentinger, Terry Henkel.
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Citation: Henkel T, Elliott TF, Truong C, Séné O, Dentinger BT, Henkel TW (2016) Kombocles bakaiana gen. sp. nov. (Boletaceae), a new sequestrate fungus from Cameroon. IMA Fungus 7(2): 239-245. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.02.03
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Abstract
Kombocles bakaiana gen. sp. nov. is described as new to science. This sequestrate, partially hypogeous fungus was collected around and within the stilt root system of an ectomycorrhizal (ECM) tree of the genus Uapaca (Phyllanthaceae) in a Guineo-Congolian mixed tropical rainforest in Cameroon. Molecular data place this fungus in Boletaceae (Boletales, Agaricomycetes, Basidiomycota) with no clear relationship to previously described taxa within the family. Macro- and micromorphological characters, habitat, and DNA sequence data are provided. Unique morphological features and a molecular phylogenetic analysis of 304 sequences across the Boletales justify the recognition of the new taxa. Kombocles bakaiana is the fourth sequestrate Boletaceae described from the greater African tropics, and the first to be described from Cameroon.
Keywords
ectomycorrhizas, false truffle, Guineo-Congolian rainforest, hypogeous fungi, Uapaca