(Polyporales, Agaricomycetes) and (Hymenochaetales, Agaricomycetes), two new species of wood-inhabiting fungi from Xinjiang, Northwest China.

Wood-inhabiting fungi are abundant in China, but their distribution is uneven, with more fungi in southwest China and fewer fungi in northwest China. During the investigation of wood-inhabiting fungi in Xinjiang, we collected a large number of specimens. Eight specimens growing on were collected from Tianshan Mountains, and they were described as two new species in and based on morphological characters and molecular evidence.

Taxonomy and molecular phylogeny of (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) with descriptions of two new species.

is a worldwide genus belonging to Irpicaceae in the phlebioid clade, which can cause a white decay of wood. Previously, only three species were ascribed to the genus. In this study, we performed a morphological and phylogenetic study of .

Molecular phylogeny and taxonomy of the remarkable genus (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) with description of a new species from Southwest China.

is a rare and remarkable genus, mainly occurring in coniferous forests in the Northern Hemisphere. Recent phylogenetic studies showed that belongs to Irpicaceae in the phlebioid clade. It is worth noting that most species in the phlebioid clade can cause white-rot decay, except for the species, which can cause a brown-rot decay.

Species diversity, molecular phylogeny and ecological habits of (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) with an emphasis on Chinese collections.

is a genus widely distributed in Asia, Europe, North America, South America and Oceania. It grows on different angiosperm and gymnosperm trees and can cause brown rot of wood. Blue-tinted basidiomata of makes it easy to distinguish from other genera, but the similar morphological characters make it difficult to identify species within the genus.

Morphology and molecular phylogeny reveal five new species of (Bankeraceae, Thelephorales) from China.

The genus is a kind of ectomycorrhizal fungi that can play a role in the material cycle by connecting the plant roots to the soil, and some species of are medicinal fungi with vital research value. The species diversity of is unclear in China. In this study, five new species of are described from China based on morphological characters and phylogenetic analyses inferred from two datasets of ITS + LSU and ITS + LSU + SSU + RPB2 sequences.

A Phylogenetic and Taxonomic Study on (Bankeraceae, Thelephorales) from China.

In this study, phylogenetic analyses of from China were carried out based on sequences from the internal transcribed spacer (ITS) regions, the large subunit of nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (nLSU), the small subunit of nuclear ribosomal RNA gene (nSSU), the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB1), and the second largest subunit of RNA polymerase II (RPB2), combined with morphological characters of the collected specimens in China. The fruiting bodies of the specimens were used to observe their characteristics, and three new species of are discovered. is characterized by its pale brown to dark brown pileal surface, tomentose pileal margin, white spines, and the presence of clamp connections in generative hyphae of pileal surface, context, and stipe.

Species Diversity, Molecular Phylogeny, and Ecological Habits of (Polyporales, Basidiomycota).

is a worldwide brown-rot fungal genus of Polyporales, which grows on different gymnosperm and angiosperm trees and has important ecological functions and economic values. In this study, species diversity, phylogenetic relationships, and ecological habits of were investigated. A total of 195 specimens from 24 countries representing 29 species of were studied.

Taxonomy and Phylogeny of the Complex With Descriptions of Six New Species From East Asia.

is a common brown-rot fungal species found in northern hemisphere. It grows on many different gymnosperm and angiosperm trees. Recent studies show that it is a species complex; three species from North America and one species from Europe have been recognized in this complex.

Species Diversity and Molecular Phylogeny of (Polyporales, Basidiomycota).

is a cosmopolitan brown-rot fungal genus, recognizable by blue-tinted basidiocarps. Species in this genus were usually treated as belonging to the complex, however, recent phylogenetic analyses showed that this complex represents an independent genus. During further studies on , five new species were discovered based on morphological features and molecular data.

gen. et sp. nov. in Polyporales (Basidiomycota).

A new poroid wood-inhabiting fungal genus, , typified by , is proposed based on a combination of morphological features and molecular evidence. The genus is characterised by an annual growth habit, resupinate basidiocarps, becoming rigid and light-weight up on drying, a monomitic hyphal system with thick-walled generative hyphae bearing both clamp connections and simple septa, slightly amyloid, CB+ and ellipsoid, hyaline, thin-walled, smooth and IKI-, CB- basidiospores. Sequences of ITS and LSU nrRNA gene regions of the studied samples were generated, and phylogenetic analyses were performed with maximum likelihood, maximum parsimony and bayesian inference methods.