Species diversity, phylogeny, endemism and geography of the truffle genus Tuber in China based on morphological and molecular data.

ABSTRACT: The genus Tuber (Tuberaceae, Pezizales) is an important fungal group of Ascomycota both economically and ecologically. However, the species diversity, phylogenetic relationships, and geographic distribution of Tuber species in China remains poorly understood, primarily because descriptions of many new species relied heavily on morphological features with molecular data either not sought or ignored. The misapplication of European and North American names further added to confusion regarding the taxonomy of Chinese Tuber species. In this study, we examined more than 1 000 specimens from China, and performed a comprehensive phylogenetic analysis for Chinese Tuber species using ITS sequences and multilocus sequence data. To infer the phylogeny o

SUBMITTER: Fan L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10792285 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature