Notes on four species of Russula subgenus Heterophyllidiae (Russulaceae, Russulales) from southern China.

ABSTRACT: Heterophyllidiae, one of the main subgenus of Russula (Russulaceae, Russulales), is both ecologically and economically important. Although many studies have focused on subgenus Heterophyllidiae in China, the diversity, taxonomy, and molecular phylogeny still remained incompletely understood. In the present study, two new species, R. discoidea and R. niveopicta, and two known taxa, R. xanthovirens and R. subatropurpurea, were described based on morphology and molecular phylogenetic analyses of ITS and 28S DNA sequences with new collections of subgenus Heterophyllidiae from southern China. Both morphological and phylogenetic analyses consistently confirmed that R. niveopicta and R. xanthovirens belong to the subsect. Vi

SUBMITTER: Han YX 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10072125 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature