Four new corticioid species in Trechisporales (Basidiomycota) from East Asia and notes on phylogeny of the order
Author
Liu, Shi-Liang
Author
Ma, Hai-Xia
Author
He, Shuang-Hui
Author
Dai, Yu-Cheng
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MycoKeys
2019
48
97
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.48.31956
journal article
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.48.31956
1314-4049--97
Dextrinocystis calamicola S.H. He & S.L. Liu
sp. nov.
Fig. 3
Typification.
CHINA. Fujian Province, Wuyishan County, Wuyishan Nature Reserve, on dead culms of
Calamus
, 3 Oct 2018, He 5701 (holotype, BJFC 026763).
Etymology.
"calamicola"
refers to growing on
Calamus
.
Basidiomata.
Annual, resupinate, effused, thin, soft, easily separated from the substrate, at first as irregular small patches, later confluent up to 15 cm long, 2 cm wide. Hymenophore surface smooth, orange white (5A2) to greyish-orange [5B(3-5)], finely cracked with age; margin thinning out, fimbriate, slightly paler than hymenophore surface, becoming indistinct with age.
Microscopic structures.
Hyphal system monomitic; generative hyphae with clamp connections, hyaline, thin-walled, frequently branched and septate, loosely interwoven, 2-3
µm
in diam. Cystidia-like branches present, branched from subicular hyphae, embedded, hyaline, thick-walled, encrusted at apex, 20-30
x
1.5-2
µm
. Hymenial cystidia abundant, subulate, projecting beyond hymenium, bi- or multi-rooted, hyaline, distinctly thick-walled with a narrow lumen, slightly encrusted at apex, distinctly dextrinoid, 50-110
x
5-6
µm
. Basidia suburniform to subclavate, hyaline,
thin-walled
, with 4 sterigmata and a basal clamp connection, 20-30
x
5-8
µm
; sterigmata mostly cylindrical with a blunt tip; basidioles in shape similar to basidia, but slightly smaller. Basidiospores abundant, oblong ellipsoid to short cylindrical, hyaline, thin-walled, smooth, negative in
Melzer's
reagent, acyanophilous, (7
-)7.5-8.8(-
9)
x
(3.2
-)3.3-
4
µm
, L = 8.1
µm
, W = 3.7
µm
, Q = 2.1-2.2 (n = 60/2).
Additional specimens examined.
CHINA. Fujian Province, Wuyishan County, Wuyishan Nature Reserve, on dead culms of
Calamus
, 3 Oct 2018, He 5693 (BJFC 026755) & He 5700 (BJFC 026762).
Remarks.
The thin whitish basidiomata on a palm tree, distinctly thick-walled cystidia with a dextrinoid reaction in
Melzer's
reagent, presence of small cystidia-like branches and short cylindrical basidiospores indicate that the new species is a member of
Dextrinocystis
. Two species,
D. capitata
(D.P. Rogers & Boquiren) Gilb. & M. Blackw. and
D. macrospora
(Liberta) Nakasone have been reported in the genus, both
of
which differ from
D. calamicola
by having much larger basidiospores (11-14
x
3-4
µm
for
D. capitata
in
Gilbertson and Blackwell 1988
; 12-19
x
4.5-7
µm
for
D. macrospora
in
Liberta 1960
) and a distribution in America. In the phylogenetic tree,
D. calamicola
formed a sister lineage to
Tubulicium
with relatively strong support (Fig. 2).
Figure 3.
Dextrinocystis calamicola
(holotype, He 5701). a basidiomata b, f basidiospores c, g basidia d, h cystidia e, i cystidia-like branches in subiculum j subicular hyphae. Scale bars: 1 cm (a), 10
µm
(
b-j
). b, c Taken in phloxine d, e taken in
Melzer's
reagent.