Cryptic diversity in the sequestrate genus Stephanospora (Stephanosporaceae: Agaricales) in Australasia

• Published in: Fungal biology Vol. 119; no. 4; pp. 201 - 228
• Main Authors: Lebel, Teresa, Castellano, Michael A., Beever, Ross E.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Netherlands Elsevier Ltd 01.04.2015
• Subjects: Australasia; Basidiomycota - classification; Basidiomycota - cytology; Basidiomycota - genetics; Basidiomycota - isolation & purification; Biodiversity; Cluster Analysis; Corticioid; Cristinia; DNA, Fungal - chemistry; DNA, Fungal - genetics; DNA, Ribosomal - chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal - genetics; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal Spacer - genetics; Genetic Variation; Lindtneria; Microscopy; Molecular Sequence Data; Peptide Elongation Factor 1 - genetics; Phylogeography; RNA, Ribosomal - genetics; Sequence Analysis, DNA; Sequestrate fungi; Systematics; Australasia; Systematics; Sequestrate fungi; Biodiversity; Lindtneria; Cristinia; Corticioid

Historically a single name, Stephanospora flava, was applied to all collections of Stephanospora in Australasia. We used morphological characters with molecular support to differentiate and describe nine novel cryptic species, and refine the circumscription of S. flava. Stephanospora flava is herein...