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Research article2020Peer reviewed

A new Stephanospora (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) from the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico

Isaac de la Fuente, Javier; Pinzon, Juan P.; Guzman-Davalos, Laura; Oswaldo Uitzil-Colli, Michael; Bahram, Mohammad; Lebel, Teresa

Abstract

Stephanospora xibalba is described from the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, based on morphological and molecular data. This species is characterized by the small red-orange basidiomata, broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid basidiospores (6.8-11.6 x 6.3-9.5 mu m) with a small (3.2-4.5 x 1-1.5 mu m) partial corona, and the association with Gymnopodium floribundum.

Keywords

Gymnopodium; Macrofungi; Sequestrate fungi; Tropical fungi; Truffles

Published in

Phytotaxa
2020, Volume: 436, number: 1, pages: 63-71
Publisher: MAGNOLIA PRESS

    UKÄ Subject classification

    Biological Systematics

    Publication identifier

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.436.1.6

    Permanent link to this page (URI)

    https://res.slu.se/id/publ/105046