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Conobolbitina australis T. Bau & H. B. Song, comb. nov.

  • 1. College of Agriculture and Biological Science, Dali University, Dali 671003, Yunnan, China & Key Laboratory of Edible Fungal Resources and Utilization (North), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, Jilin, China
  • 2. Key Laboratory of Edible Fungal Resources and Utilization (North), Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, Jilin, China
  • 3. College of Agriculture and Biological Science, Dali University, Dali 671003, Yunnan, China & Co-Innovation Center for Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake Integrated Protection and Green Development of Yunnan Province, Dali University, Dali 671003, Yunnan, China

Description

Conobolbitina australis (Singer) T. Bau & H. B. Song comb. nov.

Basionym.

Pholiotina australis Singer, Beih. Nova Hedwigia 29: 214 (1969).

Synonymy.

Conocybe australis (Singer) Watling, in Watling & Gregory, Biblthca Mycol. 82: 96 (1981).

Notes.

This species, originally discovered in Patagonia (Argentina), was treated by Singer (1969) as a taxon closely related to Con. dasypus (originally described as P. dasypus). Horak and Hausknecht (2002) described Con. australis as having a vividly ochre-brown pileus, a white to pallid stipe, a fugacious veil, a subviscid pileipellis with scattered pileocystidia, and, most critically, basidiospores that are finely roughened (with insignificant ornamentation). Based on this morphological concept, we classify this species within sect. Verrucisporae. It is worth noting that no sequence data are available to confirm this placement.

Notes

Published as part of Song, Han-bing, Cheng, Hong, Han, Yu-fei, Luo, Zong-long & Bau, Tolgor, 2026, Taxonomic revision of Conobolbitina (Bolbitiaceae, Agaricales) based on collections from Jilin Province, China, pp. 263-288 in MycoKeys 127 on pages 263-288, DOI: 10.3897/mycokeys.127.181095

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
T. Bau & H. B. Song
Kingdom
Fungi
Phylum
Basidiomycota
Order
Agaricales
Family
Bolbitiaceae
Genus
Conobolbitina
Species
australis
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic status
comb. nov.

References

  • Singer R (1969) Mycoflora Australis, Beihefte Nova Hedwigia 29. Cramer Musikverlag, Germany, 1–405.
  • Horak E, Hausknecht A (2002) Notes on extra-European taxa of Bolbitiaceae (Agaricales, Basidiomycota). Österreichische Zeitschrift für Pilzkunde 11: 213–264.