Biodiversity Data Journal (Nov 2024)

A new species of the genus Truncocolumella (Basidiomycota, Boletales) found in the Hengduan Mountains of China

  • Lin Li,
  • Shanping Wan,
  • Yun Wang,
  • Naritsada Thongklang,
  • Zonglong Luo,
  • Shuhong Li

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.12.e128970
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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During surveys of hypogeous fungi in the Hengduan Mountains, south-western China, three specimens of the genus Truncocolumella were discovered in Sichuan Province.Morphological and molecular analyses revealed that the collections represent a new species, Truncocolumella pseudocolumella. This article describes the new species and discusses its relationship with the other two members of the genus.

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