Phylogeny of Look-Alikes Reveals a Convergent Morphology Evolution and a New Species .

is known as a common wood inhabiting fungus widely distributed throughout the Northern Hemisphere. There have been contrasting opinions about the delimitation and taxonomic treatment of the similar species . Our phylogeny did not support the close relationship of these two morphologically similar species and the grouping of collections labelled by both names within each phylogenetic species reflects unreliable species delimitations in the traditional literatures.

Multilocus phylogeny and taxonomy of European subgenus .

Revision of the taxonomically complicated European taxa with well-developed macrocystidia (subgenus ) is presented. The species are delimited by macro- and micromorphological characters and by multilocus molecular data based on internal transcribed spacer (ITS), second largest subunit of RNA polymerase I (), and translation elongation factor 1-alpha () genes. The study is based on both type material and recent collections.

Phylogenetic study documents different speciation mechanisms within the lineage in boreal and arctic environments of the Northern Hemisphere.

The lineage is a morphologically and phylogenetically well-defined group of ectomycorrhizal fungi occurring in various climatic areas. In this study we performed a multi-locus phylogenetic study based on collections from boreal, alpine and arctic habitats of Europe and Western North America, subalpine collections from the southeast Himalayas and collections from subtropical coniferous forests of Pakistan. European and North American collections are nearly identical and probably represent a single species named distributed from the Alps to the Rocky Mountains.

Revision of taxonomic concept and systematic position of some Clavariaceae species.

A taxonomic and nomenclatural revision of some representatives of Clavariaceae is presented based on extensive collecting in central and western Europe. Five species originally described from Europe are identified, redescribed and delimited: Clavaria fragilis, Ramariopsis crocea, R. corniculata, R.