A ruby-colored Pseudobaeospora species is described as new from material collected on the island of Hawaii.

Mycologia, 2014/5-2014/6;106(3):456-63.

Desjardin DE[1], Hemmes DE[2], Perry BA[2]

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PMID: 24871608DOI: 10.3852/13-030

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Abstract
Pseudobaeospora wipapatiae is described as new based on material collected in alien wet habitats on the island of Hawaii. Unique features of this beautiful species include deep ruby-colored basidiomes with two-spored basidia, amyloid cheilocystidia and a hymeniderm pileipellis with abundant pileocystidia that is initially deep ruby in KOH then changes to lilac gray. Phylogenetic analysis of nuclear large ribosomal subunit sequence data suggest a close relationship between Pseudobaeospora and Tricholoma. BLAST comparisons of internal transcribed spacer and 5.8S nuclear ribosomal subunit regions sequence data reveal greatest similarity with existing sequences of Pseudobaeospora species. A comprehensive description, color photograph, illustrations of salient micromorphological features and comparisons with phenetically similar taxa are provided.

Keywords: Hawaiian mycota; alien wet forest; taxonomy

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