Four new species of Hydnellum (Thelephorales, Basidiomycota) with a note on Sarcodon illudens.

ABSTRACT: Four new Hydnellum species are described. Hydnellum roseoviolaceum sp. nov. grows in dry pine heaths on acidic, sandy soil. It is close to H. fuligineoviolaceum, another pine-associated species, but differs by smaller spores, an initially rose-coloured instead of violet flesh in fresh basidiomata and a mild taste. Hydnellum scabrosellum sp. nov. grows in coniferous forests on calcareous soil. It shares a general morphology with H. scabrosum, which also is its closest relative. It differs by having smaller and slenderer basidiomata and by the yellowish ochraceous colour of flesh and spines in dried specimens compared to the whitish or reddish brown colour seen in H. scabrosum. Hydnellum fagiscabrosum sp. nov. is another species with morpholog

SUBMITTER: Nitare J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8165966 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature