Volvariella turcica, a new species from Turkey, and a multigene phylogeny of Volvariella

Kaygusuz O., Knudsen H., TÜRKEKUL İ., ÇOLAK Ö. F.

MYCOLOGIA, vol.112, no.3, pp.577-587, 2020 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 112 Issue: 3
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/00275514.2020.1724048
  • Journal Name: MYCOLOGIA
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Aquatic Science & Fisheries Abstracts (ASFA), Artic & Antarctic Regions, BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, EMBASE, Geobase, MEDLINE, Veterinary Science Database
  • Page Numbers: pp.577-587
  • Keywords: 1 new taxon, Agaricales, biodiversity, macrofungi, Pluteaceae, systematics, taxonomy
  • Süleyman Demirel University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

A new species of Volvariella, collected from Aydin Province on the coast of the Aegean Sea in southwestern Turkey, is described as Volvariella turcica, sp. nov., based on morphology and multigene molecular analysis of three nuc rDNA gene regions: internal transcribed spacer ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 (ITS), 28S, and 18S. The new species was found in forests dominated by Pinus brutia and Quercus coccifera and mainly characterized by small basidiomata with a white pileus covered with pale ochre center and an ochre-discoloring volva, small basidiospores, lageniform pleurocystidia, balloon-shaped to clavate cheilocystidia, and stipitipellis hairs that are cylindrical or cylindrical-tortuous with subcapitate or lobe-like projections. A comprehensive description, illustrations, and line drawings are provided, and comparison with morphologically similar and phylogenetically related species is discussed.