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- The study focuses on the taxonomy and relationships of Irpicaceae fungi, which can be saprotrophs or endophytes in forest ecosystems, using morphological and multigene phylogenetic analyses.
- The findings reveal that the genus is polyphyletic, meaning it branches out into different lineages, and several species previously classified under it are now categorized under other genera, leading to the creation of four new name combinations.
- Additionally, the research identifies two new species from northeast China, South Korea, and Taiwan, and records previously undocumented species from Japan and Taiwan.
Article Abstract
Species of (Irpicaceae, Basidiomycota) are saprotrophs or endophytes in forest ecosystems. To evaluate the taxonomy and generic relationships of and other related taxa, we used morphology and multigene phylogenetic analyses based on sequence data from nuc rDNA internal transcribed spacer ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (ITS) region, nuc 28S rDNA (28S), and RNA polymerase II largest subunit (). Our results show that sensu lato is polyphyletic and distributed across multiple clades in the Irpicaceae, Phanerochaetaceae, and Meruliaceae. Some species previously considered in are now recovered in , resulting in four new combinations: , and . Two new species of are described: from northeast China and South Korea and from Taiwan. is described as a new species from Taiwan. and are newly recorded from Japan and Taiwan, and is recorded from Taiwan for the first time.
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