Morphological, phylogenetic and biogeographic studies were carried out on Chinese collections of Flammulina. It is revealed that at least four species [F rossica, Flammulina sp. (HKAS 51191), F velutipes and F. yunnanensis] occur in China. Flammulina yunnanensis is described as new based on morphological and molecular data. F. rossica, a new record to China, is confirmed to have a Holarctic distribution. Flammulina sp. has a hymeniform suprapellis but is phylogenetically close to F. velutipes. Analyses of the ITS/5.8S rDNA sequences of Flammulina species Suggest that collections of F. velutipes from China are more closely related to a Canadian Population rather than to those of Europe and the USA.
1.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Biodivers & Biogeog, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, Peoples R China 2.Hunan Normal Univ, Coll Life Sci, Changsha 410081, Hunan, Peoples R China 3.Clark Univ, Dept Biol, Worcester, MA 01610 USA 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Sch, Beijing 100039, Peoples R China
Recommended Citation:
Ge, ZW; Yang, ZL; Zhang, P; Matheny, PB; Hibbett, D.Flammulina species from China inferred by morphological and molecular data,FUNGAL DIVERSITY,2008,32():59-68
