Three new species of <i>Fuscoporia</i> (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota) from southern India revealed by morphological and multigene phylogenetic analyses.

ABSTRACT: Fuscoporia Murrill, a cosmopolitan genus of the Hymenochaetaceae, consists of parasitic and saprotrophic fungi characterized by resupinate to pileate, strictly dimitic hyphal systems, encrusted generative hyphae, the presence of hymenial setae, and hyaline, smooth, thin-walled basidiospores. Based on morpho-microtaxonomic examinations and phylogenetic analyses using a combined ITS, nrLSU, partial rpb2, and tef1-α dataset, three new species of Fuscoporia-F. indica, F. sirumalaiensis, and F. terminalianae-are described from the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India. The newly described species form three distinct lineages within the F. torulosa complex. Fuscoporia indica is characterized by imbricate, convex, dimidiate basidiomes, a

SUBMITTER: Gunaseelan S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12648168 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature