Molecular inference, multivariate morphometrics and ecological assessment are applied in concert to delimit species in the Russula clavipes complex

• Published in: Mycologia Vol. 108; no. 4; pp. 716 - 730
• Main Authors: Adamčík, Slavomír, Slovák, Marek, Eberhardt, Ursula, Ronikier, Anna, Jairus, Teele, Hampe, Felix, Verbeken, Annemieke
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Taylor & Francis 01.07.2016; Mycological Society of America
• Subjects: Basidiomycota - classification; Basidiomycota - cytology; Basidiomycota - genetics; Basidiomycota - isolation & purification; Betula; Betula - microbiology; Cluster Analysis; Coniferophyta - microbiology; conspecificity; DNA barcode; DNA, Fungal - chemistry; DNA, Fungal - genetics; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - genetics; ectomycorrhizal fungi; Europe; haplotype analysis; internal transcribed spacers; Microscopy; monophyly; morphometry; Phylogeny; Populus; Populus - microbiology; R. pascua; Russula; Russula nuoljae; Salix; Salix - microbiology; Sequence Analysis, DNA; species identification; SYSTEMATICS; trees; haplotype analysis; DNA barcode; R. pascua; ectomycorrhizal fungi; Europe; Russula nuoljae

Species of Russula subsect. Xerampelinae are notoriously difficult to identify and name and have not been subject to molecular study. A group of species, referred to here as the R. clavipes complex, growing in association with Salix, Betula and Populus as well as coniferous tree species from tempera...