Three New Species of Russulaceae (Russulales, Basidiomycota) from Southern China

Sen Liu; Mengjia Zhu; Nemat O. Keyhani; Ziyi Wu; Huajun Lv; Zhiang Heng; Ruiya Chen; Yuxiao Dang; Chenjie Yang; Jinhui Chen; Pengyu Lai; Weibin Zhang; Xiayu Guan; Yanbin Huang; Yuxi Chen; Hailan Su; Junzhi Qiu

doi:10.3390/jof10010070

Journal of Fungi (Jan 2024)

Three New Species of Russulaceae (Russulales, Basidiomycota) from Southern China

Sen Liu,
Mengjia Zhu,
Nemat O. Keyhani,
Ziyi Wu,
Huajun Lv,
Zhiang Heng,
Ruiya Chen,
Yuxiao Dang,
Chenjie Yang,
Jinhui Chen,
Pengyu Lai,
Weibin Zhang,
Xiayu Guan,
Yanbin Huang,
Yuxi Chen,
Hailan Su,
Junzhi Qiu

Affiliations

Sen Liu: State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Mengjia Zhu: State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Nemat O. Keyhani: Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL 60607, USA
Ziyi Wu: State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Huajun Lv: State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Zhiang Heng: State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Ruiya Chen: State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Yuxiao Dang: State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Chenjie Yang: State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Jinhui Chen: State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Pengyu Lai: State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Weibin Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Xiayu Guan: College of Horticulture, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Yanbin Huang: Bureau of Fujian Junzifeng National Nature Reserve, Sanming 365200, China
Yuxi Chen: State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China
Hailan Su: Institute of Crop Sciences, Fujian Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Fuzhou 350013, China
Junzhi Qiu: State Key Laboratory of Ecological Pest Control for Fujian and Taiwan Crops, College of Life Sciences, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou 350002, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jof10010070
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
p. 70

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The characterization of natural fungal diversity impacts our understanding of ecological and evolutionary processes and can lead to novel bioproduct discovery. Russula and Lactarius, both in the order Russulales, represent two large genera of ectomycorrhizal fungi that include edible as well as toxic varieties. Based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses, including nucleotide sequences of the internal transcribed spacer (ITS), the 28S large subunit of ribosomal RNA (LSU), the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB2), the ribosomal mitochondrial small subunit (mtSSU), and the translation elongation factor 1-α (TEF1-α) gene sequences, we here describe and illustrate two new species of Russula and one new species of Lactarius from southern China. These three new species are: R. junzifengensis (R. subsect. Virescentinae), R. zonatus (R. subsect. Crassotunicatae), and L. jianyangensis (L. subsect. Zonarii).

Published in Journal of Fungi

ISSN: 2309-608X (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
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