Concordance of multigene genealogy along with morphological evidence unveils five novel species and two new records of boletoid mushrooms (fungi) from India

Agaricales, Russulales and Boletales are dominant orders among the wild mushrooms in Basidiomycota. Boletaceae, one of the major functional elements in terrestrial ecosystem and mostly represented by ectomycorrhizal symbionts of trees in Indian Himalaya and adjoining hills, are extraordinarily diver...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2024-04, Vol.14 (1), p.9298-9298, Article 9298
Main Authors: Das, Kanad, Ghosh, Aniket, Datta, Sudeshna, Singh, Upendra, Chakraborty, Dyutiparna, Tudu, Debala, Vizzini, Alfredo
Format: Article
Language:English
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Agaricales - classification
Agaricales - genetics
Agaricomycetes
Basidiocarps
Basidiomycota - classification
Basidiomycota - genetics
Biodiversity
Boletaceae
Datasets
DNA, Fungal - genetics
Ectomycorrhizas
Forests
Genealogy
Humanities and Social Sciences
India
Morphology
multidisciplinary
Multigene phylogeny
Mushrooms
New records
New species
Novel species
Phylogenetics
Phylogeny
RNA polymerase
Science
Science (multidisciplinary)
Symbionts
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Summary:Agaricales, Russulales and Boletales are dominant orders among the wild mushrooms in Basidiomycota. Boletaceae, one of the major functional elements in terrestrial ecosystem and mostly represented by ectomycorrhizal symbionts of trees in Indian Himalaya and adjoining hills, are extraordinarily diverse and represented by numerous genera and species which are unexplored or poorly known. Therefore, their hidden diversity is yet to be revealed. Extensive macrofungal exploration by the authors to different parts of Himalaya and surroundings, followed by through morphological studies and multigene molecular phylogeny lead to the discovery of five new species of wild mushrooms: Leccinellum bothii sp. nov., Phylloporus himalayanus sp. nov., Phylloporus smithii sp. nov., Porphyrellus uttarakhandae sp. nov., and Retiboletus pseudoater sp. nov. Present communication deals with morphological details coupled with illustrations and phylogenetic inferences. Besides, Leccinellum sinoaurantiacum and Xerocomus rugosellus are also reported for the first time from this country.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-024-59781-2