The veiled stinkhorn Dictyophora sibirica in Russia – taxonomic position, epitypification and its conspecifity with Phallus ultraduplicatus

Abstract

The article presents the results of studying a lectotype specimen of Dictyophora sibirica. The abolition of the genus name Dictyophora justifies the transfer of this taxon to the genus Phallus, with a new combination being Phallus sibiricus. A recently collected specimen from the locus classicus corresponds to the original description and is designated as an epitype due to the impossibility of sequencing the DNA of the holotype. Synonymy between Phallus sibiricus and P. ultraduplicatus is proposed, based on morphology and comparison of ITS sequences.

Keywords

• gasteromycetes
• its nrdna sequences
• molecular phylogeny
• mycobiota
• mycological collections
• stinkhorn