Tulostoma catimbauense and T. deltaconcavum, both collected from Neotropical region, in the Vale do Catimbau National Park, Brazil, are proposed as new to science. Detailed macro- micromorphological descriptions, including scanning electron microscopy of basidiospores, provided. ITS nrDNA sequence analyses were used investigate phylogenetic position these taxa genus Tulostoma. Discussions about...

Abstract Section Anomali is a species-rich group in North America belonging to Cortinarius , the most diverse genus Agaricales. This study based on extensive morphological investigations and molecular methods using 191 nrDNA ITS sequence data recovered 43 phylogenetic species from which 14 are described here as new science. We sequenced ten type materials belonged eight species. The synonymy of...

The bird's nest fungi (Basidiomycota, Agaricales) package millions of spores into peridioles that are splashed from their basidiomata by the impact of raindrops. In this study we report new information on the discharge mechanism in Crucibulum and Cyathus species revealed with high-speed video. Peridioles were ejected at speeds of 1-5 m per second utilizing less than 2 % of the kinetic energy in...