Seven collections of Phallus species were made in surveys of a subtropical forest in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan Province, China, during the wet season of 2012. Macro and micro characters, together with nrITS sequence data, were used to separate the collections into three species. Phallus mengsongensis and P. serrata are introduced as species new to science, while a further Phallus species is described, but not formally introduced, due to paucity of material. Macro and micro descriptions, colour photographs, line drawings and nrITS phylogenetic data for all three species are provided, which are discussed in relation to similar species in these genera.
1.Chinese Acad Sci, Key Lab Econ Plants & Biotechnol, Kunming Inst Bot, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China 2.Mae Fah Luang Univ, Inst Excellence Fungal Res, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand 3.Mae Fah Luang Univ, Sch Sci, Chiang Rai 57100, Thailand 4.World Agroforestry Ctr, Kunming 650201, Peoples R China 5.Mushroom Res Fdn, Chiang Mai 50150, Thailand
Recommended Citation:
Li,Huili;Mortimer,PeterE.;Karunarathna,SamanthaC.;Xu,Jianchu;Hyde,KevinD..New species of Phallus from a subtropical forest in Xishuangbanna, China,PHYTOTAXA,2014,163(2):91-103