Published February 27, 2019 | Version v1
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Four new species of Tremella (Tremellales, Basidiomycota) based on morphology and DNA sequence data

  • 1. 1 State Key Laboratory for Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China 2 Key Laboratory of Microbiology Diversity Research and Application of Hebei Province, College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding 071002, PR China, Beijing, China
  • 2. 1 State Key Laboratory for Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, PR China, Beijing, China

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In the present study, a total of 33 Tremella specimens in China were collected and examined using molecular phylogenetic analysis based on a combined sequence dataset of the nuc rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region and nuc 28S rDNA D1/D2 domain in conjunction with the morphological characters. Four new species, namely Tremella basidiomaticola, T. cheejenii, T. erythrina, and T. salmonea, are newly described based on their distinct phylogenetic relationships and the comparison of morphological characters with known Tremella species. Our results indicate a high species diversity of Tremella waiting to be discovered.

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