AUTHOR=Zhang Yu-Zhuo , Qin Hua-Zhi , Chen Zuo-Hong , Lin Wen-Fei , Liang Zhi-Qun , Jiang Shuai , Zeng Nian-Kai 

TITLE=Updated taxonomy of Chinese Cantharellus subgenera Afrocantharellus and Magni (Hydnaceae, Cantharellales): Three new taxa and amended descriptions of one previous species

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Microbiology

VOLUME=14

YEAR=2023

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/microbiology/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2023.1109831

DOI=10.3389/fmicb.2023.1109831

ISSN=1664-302X

ABSTRACT=<p><italic>Cantharellus</italic>, one of the main genera of Hydnaceae (Cantharellales), is both ecologically and economically important. Although many studies have focused on this genus in China, the taxonomy should be further updated. In the present study, <italic>Cantharellus</italic> subgenera <italic>Afrocantharellus</italic> and <italic>Magni</italic> were investigated based on morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses with new collections from China. Five phylogenetic species were recognized among the studied collections, three of which were described as new: <italic>C. bellus</italic>, <italic>C</italic>. <italic>cineraceus</italic>, and <italic>C. laevigatus</italic>; one was previously described taxon: <italic>C. hygrophoroides</italic>; and the remaining species was not defined due to the paucity of the materials. Among the four described species, both <italic>C. bellus</italic> and <italic>C. laevigatus</italic> are members of subgen. <italic>Magni</italic>, whereas <italic>C. cineraceus</italic> and <italic>C. hygrophoroides</italic> belong to subgen. <italic>Afrocantharellus.</italic></p>