Volvariella turcica, a new species from Turkey, and a multigene phylogeny of Volvariella

Oğuzhan Kaygusuz*, Henning Knudsen, İbrahim Türkekul, Ömer Faruk Çolak

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Abstract

A new species of Volvariella, collected from Aydın Province on the coast of the Aegean Sea in southwestern Turkey, is described as Volvariella turcica, sp. nov., based on morphology and multigene molecular analysis of three nuc rDNA gene regions: internal transcribed spacer ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (ITS), 28S, and 18S. The new species was found in forests dominated by Pinus brutia and Quercus coccifera and mainly characterized by small basidiomata with a white pileus covered with pale ochre center and an ochre-discoloring volva, small basidiospores, lageniform pleurocystidia, balloon-shaped to clavate cheilocystidia, and stipitipellis hairs that are cylindrical or cylindrical-tortuous with subcapitate or lobe-like projections. A comprehensive description, illustrations, and line drawings are provided, and comparison with morphologically similar and phylogenetically related species is discussed.

Original languageEnglish
JournalMycologia
Volume112
Issue number3
Pages (from-to)577-587
Number of pages11
ISSN0027-5514
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Keywords

  • 1 new taxon
  • Agaricales
  • biodiversity
  • macrofungi
  • Pluteaceae
  • systematics
  • taxonomy

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