IMA Fungus 12(1): e33963, doi: 10.1186/s43008-021-00061-3
Competing sexual-asexual generic names in Agaricomycotina (Basidiomycota) with recommendations for use
Amy Y. Rossman‡§, Scott A. Redhead|, Tom W. May, Amy Y. Rossman¶, Jo Anne Crouch#, Marc A. Cubeta¤, Yu-Cheng Dai«, Roland Kirschner», Gitta Jutta Langer˄, Karl-henrik Larsson, Jonathan Mack˅, Lorelei L. Norvell¦, Franz Oberwinklerˀ, Viktor Pappˁ, Peter Roberts, Mario Rajchenberg₵, Keith A. Seifertℓ, R. Greg Thorn₰‡ Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, Oregon State University, Corvallis, United States of America§ USDA, Beltsville, United States of America| Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Science and Technology Branch, Ottawa, Canada¶ USDA-ARS, Systematic Mycology & Microbiology Laboratory, Beltsville# USDA-ARS, Mycology & Nematology Genetic Diversity & Biology Laboratory, Beltsville¤ North Carolina State University, Department of Entomology and Plant Pathology, Raleigh« Beijing Forestry University, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Tree Breeding by Molecular Design, Beijing, China» National Central University, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, Taoyuan City˄ Northwest German Forest Research Institute (NW-FVA), Department of Forest Protection, Goettingen, Germany˅ Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Science and Technology Branch, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, CEF, Ottawa, Canada¦ Pacific Northwest Mycology Service, Portlandˀ Eberhard-Karls Universität, Tübingen, Germanyˁ Institute of Agronomy, Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Department of Botany, Budapest, Hungary₵ Centro de Investigación y Extensión Forestal Andino Patagónico, C.C. 14, 9200 Esquel, Chubut, Argentinaℓ Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Biodiversity (Mycology), Ottawa Research and Development Centre, Ottawa, Canada₰ The University of Western Ontario, Department of Biology, London, Canada
© Amy Y. Rossman, Scott Redhead, Tom May, Amy Rossman, Jo Crouch, Marc Cubeta, Yu-Cheng Dai, Roland Kirschner, Gitta Langer, Karl-henrik Larsson, Jonathan Mack, Lorelei Norvell, Franz Oberwinkler, Viktor Papp, Peter Roberts, Mario Rajchenberg, Keith Seifert, R. Thorn. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY-NC 4.0), which permits to copy and distribute the article for non-commercial purposes, provided that the article is not altered or modified and the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Rossman AY, Redhead SA, May TW, Rossman AY, Crouch J, Cubeta MA, Dai Y-C, Kirschner R, Langer G, Larsson K-henrik, Mack J, Norvell LL, Oberwinkler F, Papp V, Roberts P, Rajchenberg M, Seifert KA, Thorn RG (2021) Competing sexual-asexual generic names in Agaricomycotina (Basidiomycota) with recommendations for use. IMA Fungus 12(1): e33963. https://doi.org/10.1186/s43008-021-00061-3 |  |
Abstract
With the change to one scientific name for fungal taxa, generic names typified by species with sexual or asexual morph types are being evaluated to determine which names represent the same genus and thus compete for use. In this paper generic names of the Agaricomycotina (Basidiomycota) were evaluated to determine synonymy based on their type. Forty-seven sets of sexually and asexually typified names were determined to be congeneric and recommendations are made for which generic name to use. In most cases the principle of priority is followed. However, 16 generic names are recommended for use that do not have priority and thus need to be protected: Aleurocystis over Matula; Armillaria over Acurtis and Rhizomorpha; Asterophora over Ugola; Botryobasidium over Acladium, Allescheriella, Alysidium, Haplotrichum, Physospora, and Sporocephalium; Coprinellus over Ozonium; Coprinopsis over Rhacophyllus; Dendrocollybia over Sclerostilbum and Tilachlidiopsis; Diacanthodes over Bornetina; Echinoporia over Echinodia; Neolentinus over Digitellus; Postia over Ptychogaster; Riopa over Sporotrichum; Scytinostroma over Artocreas, Michenera, and Stereofomes; Tulasnella over Hormomyces; Typhula over Sclerotium; and Wolfiporia over Gemmularia and Pachyma. Nine species names are proposed for protection: Botryobasidium aureum, B. conspersum, B. croceum, B. simile, Pellicularia lembosporum (syn. B. lembosporum), Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Polyporus metamorphosus (syn. Riopa metamorphosa), Polyporus mylittae (syn. Laccocephalum mylittae), and Polyporus ptychogaster (syn. Postia ptychogaster). Two families are proposed for protection: Psathyrellaceae and Typhulaceae. Three new species names and 30 new combinations are established, and one lectotype is designated.
Keywords
Basidiomycetes, Dual nomenclature, Pleomorphic fungi, Taxonomy, Unit nomenclature, New taxa