Abstract Taxonomy of Pseudohydnum gelatinosum and its sister taxa is revised via morphological data a four-gene dataset (ITS, nc LSU rDNA, TEF1 , RPB1 ). Identity P. Tremellodon pusillus re-established based on newly collected sequenced material from their type localities. alienum Europe; umbrosum temperate East Asia; cystidiatum meridianum placibile Vietnam; omnipavum North America are describ...

Fungi are often inconspicuous in nature and this means it is all too easy to overlook their importance. Often referred to as the "Forgotten Kingdom", fungi are key components of life on this planet. The phylum Basidiomycota, considered to contain the most complex and evolutionarily advanced members of this Kingdom, includes some of the most iconic fungal species such as the gilled mushrooms, pu...

Antrodia cinnamomea is reinstated as the correct name for a basidiomycete consistently associated with Cinnamomum kanehirai. Antrodia salmonea nov. sp., causing a brown heart rot of Cunninghamia konishii in Taiwan, is described and illustrated. Antrodia cinnamomea and A. salmonea are morphologically similar but can be separated by pore surface color of basidiomata and host preferences. Moreover...

In this research, 12 species of Agaric Fungi including, Agaricus arvensis, A. bisporus, Coprinus comatus, C. sterquilinus, Lentinus tigrinus, Inocybe griseovelata, I. subnudipes, I. terrifera, Leucoagaricus carneifolius, L. leucothites, Volvariella volvacea,and Volvupluteus gloiocephalus belonging to Agaricaceae, Inocybaceae, Pluteacae, and Polyporaceae were identified from Kermanshah and Harsi...

Basidiomycete brown-rot fungi have a huge importance for wood decomposition and thus the global carbon cycle. Here, we present the genome sequence of Fomitopsis pinicola GR9-4 which represent different F. pinicola clade than the previously sequenced North American isolate FP-58527 SS1. The genome was sequenced by using a paired-end sequence library of Illumina and a 2.5k and 5k mate-pair librar...

Due to their bluish basidiocarps the Postiacaesia (syn. Oligoporuscaesius) complex forms a distinctive morphological group within the polypore genus Postia Fr., 1874. Five species of this group occur in Europe: Postiaalni Niemelä & Vampola, Postiacaesia (Schrad.) P. Karst., Postialuteocaesia (A. David) Jülich, Postiamediterraneocaesia M. Pierre & B. Rivoire and Postiasubcaesia (A. David) Jülich...

Polyporales is strongly supported as a clade of Agaricomycetes, but the lack of a consensus higher-level classification within the group is a barrier to further taxonomic revision. We amplified nrLSU, nrITS, and rpb1 genes across the Polyporales, with a special focus on the latter. We combined the new sequences with molecular data generated during the PolyPEET project and performed Maximum Like...