Diversity trapped in cages: Revision of Blumenavia Moller (Clathraceae, Basidiomycota) reveals three hidden species.

ABSTRACT: Basidiomata of Phallales have a diversified morphology with adhesive gleba that exudes an odor, usually unpleasant that attracts mainly insects, which disperse the basidiospores. The genus Blumenavia belongs to the family Clathraceae and, based on morphological features, only two species are currently recognized: B. rhacodes and B. angolensis. However, the morphological characters adopted in species delimitations within this genus are inconsistent, and molecular data are scarce. The present study aimed to review and identify informative characters that contribute to the delimitation of Blumenavia species. Exsiccates from America and Africa were analyzed morphologically, and molecularly, using ITS, LSU, ATP6, RPB2 and TEF-1α markers for Maximum Parsimony, Bayesian and Maximum likelihood ana

SUBMITTER: Melanda GCS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7194408 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature