Five new Telamonia species (Cortinarius, Agaricales) from western North America

Tuula Niskanen, Kare Liimatainen, Joseph Ammirati

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    Abstract

    Five new Cortinarius species in subgenus Telamonia are described from western North America: Cortinarius alboambitus
    Niskanen, Liimat. & Ammirati sp. nov., Cortinarius brunneovernus Niskanen, Liimat. & Ammirati sp. nov., Cortinarius
    fructuodorus Niskanen, Liimat. & Ammirati sp. nov., Cortinarius nauseosouraceus Niskanen, Liimat. & Ammirati sp. nov.,
    and Cortinarius politus Niskanen, Liimat. & Ammirati sp. nov. Phylogenetic relationships of the species were inferred by
    analysis of ITS and rpb2. The placement of C. brunneovernus in sect. Brunnei, C. fructuodotus in sect. Telamonia, and C. nauseosouraceus
    in sect. Cinnabarini/Uracei/Colymbadini is strongly supported. Cortinarius alboambitus grouped with species in the clade Furvolaesi
    with a support of 0.83 posterior probabilities, and C. politus with the species in sect. Boulderenses with 0.67 posterior probabilities.
    The descriptions of these species are presented and a comparison with similar species is provided
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalBotany
    Volume91
    Issue number7
    Pages (from-to)478–485
    Number of pages8
    ISSN1916-2790
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013
    MoE publication typeA1 Journal article-refereed

    Fields of Science

    • 1181 Ecology, evolutionary biology

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