New insights on Bjerkandera (Phanerochaetaceae, Polyporales) in the Neotropics with description of Bjerkandera albocinerea based on morphological and molecular evidence

• Published in: Plant ecology and evolution Vol. 153; no. 2; pp. 229 - 245
• Main Authors: Motato-Vásquez, Viviana, Gugliotta, Adriana M., Rajchenberg, Mario, Catania, Myriam, Urcelay, Carlos, Robledo, Gerardo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Botanic Garden Meise and Royal Botanical Society of Belgium 01.07.2020; Royal Botanical Society of Belgium; Meise Botanic Garden
• Subjects: Cryptic Species; Neotropical Polypores; Phylogeny; REGULAR PAPERS; Taxonomy
• ISSN: 2032-3913; 2032-3921
• DOI: 10.5091/plecevo.2020.1667

Background and aims - Bjerkandera is one of the few poroid genera in the Phanerochaetaceae family known to date. The genus has a worldwide distribution and is characterized by effused-reflexed, pileate basidiomata with a pale cream to smoky or mouse grey hymenophore that becomes darker when dried, a...