Taxonomy and Phylogeny Reveal Two New Potential Edible Ectomycorrhizal Mushrooms of Thelephora from East Asia

• Published in: Diversity (Basel) Vol. 13; no. 12; p. 646
• Main Authors: Liu, Xiang-Fu, Tibpromma, Saowaluck, Xu, Jian-Chu, Kumla, Jaturong, Karunarathna, Samantha Chandranath, Zhao, Chang-Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.12.2021
• Subjects: Basidiocarps; Basidiospores; Coffee; corticioid fungi; Datasets; Ectomycorrhizas; Hyphae; macro fungi; molecular phylogeny; Morphology; Phylogenetics; Phylogeny; Sea level; Spacer region; Taxonomy; Thelephora grandinioides; Thelephora wuliangshanensis; Thelephoraceae; Beijing China; East Asia; Yunnan China; China

The ectomycorrhizal basidiomycetes genus Thelephora has been understudied in subtropical ecosystems. Many species of Thelephora are important edible and medicinal fungi, with substantial economic value. Two new Thelephora species, T. grandinioides and T. wuliangshanensis spp. nov. are proposed here...