Two new species and a new record of Hypoxylaceae (Xylariales, Ascomycota) from Mexico.

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Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Av. Universidad 3000, Circuito Exterior s/n, Ciudad Universitaria, Coyoacán, Ciudad de México 04510, Mexico Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ciudad de México Mexico.

Published: December 2024

The family Hypoxylaceae has a cosmopolitan distribution with greater diversity in tropical regions, its growth habit is saprotrophic, endophytic and potentially phytopathogenic. From the revision of herbarium specimens and field collections from the Yucatan Peninsula, two new species were described: , characterized by having fusiform spores and which is distinguished by having stromata vinaceous and dark brown KOH-extractable pigments. The species are described based on morphological characters and Bayesian Inference analyses of four molecular markers (ITS, LSU, RPB2 and TUB2). In addition, one new record from Mexico is presented: . The presence of , , and is confirmed with molecular data.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11669010PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.111.133046DOI Listing

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