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Phylogeny of the Pluteaceae (Agaricales, Basidiomycota): Taxonomy and Character Evolution
AperTO - Archivio Istituzionale Open Access dell'Università di Torino Phylogeny of the Pluteaceae (Agaricales, Basidiomycota): taxonomy and character evolution This is the author's manuscript Original Citation: Availability: This version is available http://hdl.handle.net/2318/74776 since 2016-10-06T16:59:44Z Published version: DOI:10.1016/j.funbio.2010.09.012 Terms of use: Open Access Anyone can freely access the full text of works made available as "Open Access". Works made available under a Creative Commons license can be used according to the terms and conditions of said license. Use of all other works requires consent of the right holder (author or publisher) if not exempted from copyright protection by the applicable law. (Article begins on next page) 23 September 2021 This Accepted Author Manuscript (AAM) is copyrighted and published by Elsevier. It is posted here by agreement between Elsevier and the University of Turin. Changes resulting from the publishing process - such as editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms - may not be reflected in this version of the text. The definitive version of the text was subsequently published in FUNGAL BIOLOGY, 115(1), 2011, 10.1016/j.funbio.2010.09.012. You may download, copy and otherwise use the AAM for non-commercial purposes provided that your license is limited by the following restrictions: (1) You may use this AAM for non-commercial purposes only under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND license. (2) The integrity of the work and identification of the author, copyright owner, and publisher must be preserved in any copy. -
Genus from Chamba District in Himachal Pradesh Peniophora
64 KAVAKA54: 64-73 (2020) .doi:10.36460/Kavaka/54/2020/64-73 GenusPeniophora from Chamba District in Himachal Pradesh Poonam1 ,Avneet Pal Singh 2* and Gurpaul Singh Dhingra 2 1Government Post Graduate College, Chamba 176 314, Himachal Pradesh, India 2 Department of Botany, Punjabi University, Patiala 147 002, Punjab, India *Corresponding author Email: [email protected] (Submitted on March 12, 2020;Accepted on May 10, 2020) ABSTRACT ThecorticioidgenusPeniophora Cooke( Agaricomycetes, Russulales, Peniophoraceae )isdescribedfromChambadistrict(HimachalPradesh) basedontenspecies.Peniophora lycii (Pers.)Höhn.&Litsch.and P. rufomarginata (Pers.)Bourdot&Galzinaredescribedasnewrecordsfor IndiaandP. incarnata (Pers.)Cookeand P.violaceolivida (Sommerf.)MasseeasnewforHimachalPradesh.Inadditiontothesenewrecords, P. limitata(Chaillet ex Fr.) Cooke and P. ovalispora Boidin, Lanq. & Gilles are recorded as new to Chamba district.Akey to the species of Peniophora from Chamba district is also presented. Keywords: Basidiomycota,Agaricomycetes, Western Himalaya, wood rotting fungi. INTRODUCTION Key to the species: The genusPeniophora Cooke ( Russulales, Peniophoraceae ) 1. Dendrohyphidia present ......................................P.lycii is characteristic in having resupinate basidiocarps that are 1. Dendrohyphidia absent............................................... 2 adnate, orbicular to confluent to effused with occasionally reflexed margins. The hymenophore is mostly smooth to 2. Basidiospores broadly ellipsoid to subglobose ........... tuberculate -
Morphological and Phylogenetic Analyses of Nia Vibrissa, a Marine
Regional Studies in Marine Science ( ) – Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Regional Studies in Marine Science journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/rsma Morphological and phylogenetic analyses of Nia vibrissa, a marine Basidiomycota collected in Portuguese waters Egídia Azevedo a,b, *, Margarida Barata b,c , Maria Filomena Caeiro a,c a Centro de Estudos do Ambiente e do Mar (CESAM), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal b Centro de Ecologia, Evolução e Alterações climáticas (CE3C), Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal c Departamento de Biologia Vegetal, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal article info a b s t r a c t Article history: This study presents morphological and phylogenetic characterizations of Nia vibrissa specimens detected Received 1 March 2017 on Fagus sylvatica baits, after six months of incubation in moist chambers at the laboratory. The baits had Received in revised form 19 December 2017 been submerged at Cascais marina, Portugal, during a survey carried out in 2006–2008. Morphological Accepted 28 December 2017 observations evidenced differences in basidiocarp color and in the morphology of the peridial hairs, Available online xxxx varying from straight to curved and with bifurcate to non-bifurcate ends. Morphological variability has Keywords: often been reported, associated to the suggestion that N. vibrissa is a species complex. We addressed Basidiocarp this subject through the evaluation of pairwise distances and phylogenetic analyses applying Bayesian Marine fungi and Maximum Likelihood methods, to multi-sequence alignments involving the large subunit (LSU) of Nuc LSU region the nuclear ribosomal DNA. -
Major Clades of Agaricales: a Multilocus Phylogenetic Overview
Mycologia, 98(6), 2006, pp. 982–995. # 2006 by The Mycological Society of America, Lawrence, KS 66044-8897 Major clades of Agaricales: a multilocus phylogenetic overview P. Brandon Matheny1 Duur K. Aanen Judd M. Curtis Laboratory of Genetics, Arboretumlaan 4, 6703 BD, Biology Department, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Wageningen, The Netherlands Worcester, Massachusetts, 01610 Matthew DeNitis Vale´rie Hofstetter 127 Harrington Way, Worcester, Massachusetts 01604 Department of Biology, Box 90338, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708 Graciela M. Daniele Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biologı´a Vegetal, M. Catherine Aime CONICET-Universidad Nacional de Co´rdoba, Casilla USDA-ARS, Systematic Botany and Mycology de Correo 495, 5000 Co´rdoba, Argentina Laboratory, Room 304, Building 011A, 10300 Baltimore Avenue, Beltsville, Maryland 20705-2350 Dennis E. Desjardin Department of Biology, San Francisco State University, Jean-Marc Moncalvo San Francisco, California 94132 Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Royal Ontario Museum and Department of Botany, University Bradley R. Kropp of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 2C6 Canada Department of Biology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322 Zai-Wei Ge Zhu-Liang Yang Lorelei L. Norvell Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Pacific Northwest Mycology Service, 6720 NW Skyline Sciences, Kunming 650204, P.R. China Boulevard, Portland, Oregon 97229-1309 Jason C. Slot Andrew Parker Biology Department, Clark University, 950 Main Street, 127 Raven Way, Metaline Falls, Washington 99153- Worcester, Massachusetts, 01609 9720 Joseph F. Ammirati Else C. Vellinga University of Washington, Biology Department, Box Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, 111 355325, Seattle, Washington 98195 Koshland Hall, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720-3102 Timothy J. -
INTRODUCTION Biodiversity of Agaricomycetes Basidiomes
View metadata, citation and similar papers at core.ac.uk brought to you by CORE provided by CONICET Digital DARWINIANA, nueva serie 1(1): 67-75. 2013 Versión final, efectivamente publicada el 31 de julio de 2013 ISSN 0011-6793 impresa - ISSN 1850-1699 en línea BIODIVERSITY OF AGARICOMYCETES BASIDIOMES ASSOCIATED TO SALIX AND POPULUS (SALICACEAE) PLANTATIONS Gonzalo M. Romano1, Javier A. Calcagno2 & Bernardo E. Lechner1 1Laboratorio de Micología, Fitopatología y Liquenología, Departamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Experimental, Programa de Plantas Medicinales y Programa de Hongos que Intervienen en la Degradación Biológica (CONICET), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Intendente Güiraldes 2160, Pabellón II, Piso 4, Laboratorio 7, C1428EGA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina; [email protected] (author for correspondence). 2Centro de Estudios Biomédicos, Biotecnológicos, Ambientales y de Diagnóstico - Departamento de Ciencias Natu- rales y Antropológicas, Instituto Superior de Investigaciones, Hidalgo 775, C1405BCK Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. Abstract. Romano, G. M.; J. A. Calcagno & B. E. Lechner. 2013. Biodiversity of Agaricomycetes basidiomes asso- ciated to Salix and Populus (Salicaceae) plantations. Darwiniana, nueva serie 1(1): 67-75. Although plantations have an artificial origin, they modify environmental conditions that can alter native fungi diversity. The effects of forest management practices on a plantation of willow (Salix) and poplar (Populus) over Agaricomycetes basidiomes biodiversity were studied for one year in an island located in Paraná Delta, Argentina. Dry weight and number of basidiomes were measured. We found 28 species belonging to Agaricomycetes: 26 species of Agaricales, one species of Polyporales and one species of Russulales. -
Species Recognition in Pluteus and Volvopluteus (Pluteaceae, Agaricales): Morphology, Geography and Phylogeny
Mycol Progress (2011) 10:453–479 DOI 10.1007/s11557-010-0716-z ORIGINAL ARTICLE Species recognition in Pluteus and Volvopluteus (Pluteaceae, Agaricales): morphology, geography and phylogeny Alfredo Justo & Andrew M. Minnis & Stefano Ghignone & Nelson Menolli Jr. & Marina Capelari & Olivia Rodríguez & Ekaterina Malysheva & Marco Contu & Alfredo Vizzini Received: 17 September 2010 /Revised: 22 September 2010 /Accepted: 29 September 2010 /Published online: 20 October 2010 # German Mycological Society and Springer 2010 Abstract The phylogeny of several species-complexes of the P. fenzlii, P. phlebophorus)orwithout(P. ro me lli i) molecular genera Pluteus and Volvopluteus (Agaricales, Basidiomycota) differentiation in collections from different continents. A was investigated using molecular data (ITS) and the lectotype and a supporting epitype are designated for Pluteus consequences for taxonomy, nomenclature and morpho- cervinus, the type species of the genus. The name Pluteus logical species recognition in these groups were evaluated. chrysophlebius is accepted as the correct name for the Conflicts between morphological and molecular delimitation species in sect. Celluloderma, also known under the names were detected in sect. Pluteus, especially for taxa in the P.admirabilis and P. chrysophaeus. A lectotype is designated cervinus-petasatus clade with clamp-connections or white for the latter. Pluteus saupei and Pluteus heteromarginatus, basidiocarps. Some species of sect. Celluloderma are from the USA, P. castri, from Russia and Japan, and apparently widely distributed in Europe, North America Volvopluteus asiaticus, from Japan, are described as new. A and Asia, either with (P. aurantiorugosus, P. chrysophlebius, complete description and a new name, Pluteus losulus,are A. Justo (*) N. Menolli Jr. Biology Department, Clark University, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de São Paulo, 950 Main St., Rua Pedro Vicente 625, Worcester, MA 01610, USA São Paulo, SP 01109-010, Brazil e-mail: [email protected] O. -
New Species and New Records of Clavariaceae (Agaricales) from Brazil
Phytotaxa 253 (1): 001–026 ISSN 1179-3155 (print edition) http://www.mapress.com/j/pt/ PHYTOTAXA Copyright © 2016 Magnolia Press Article ISSN 1179-3163 (online edition) http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.253.1.1 New species and new records of Clavariaceae (Agaricales) from Brazil ARIADNE N. M. FURTADO1*, PABLO P. DANIËLS2 & MARIA ALICE NEVES1 1Laboratório de Micologia−MICOLAB, PPG-FAP, Departamento de Botânica, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil. 2Department of Botany, Ecology and Plant Physiology, Ed. Celestino Mutis, 3a pta. Campus Rabanales, University of Córdoba. 14071 Córdoba, Spain. *Corresponding author: Email: [email protected] Phone: +55 83 996110326 ABSTRACT Fourteen species in three genera of Clavariaceae from the Atlantic Forest of Brazil are described (six Clavaria, seven Cla- vulinopsis and one Ramariopsis). Clavaria diverticulata, Clavulinopsis dimorphica and Clavulinopsis imperata are new species, and Clavaria gibbsiae, Clavaria fumosa and Clavulinopsis helvola are reported for the first time for the country. Illustrations of the basidiomata and the microstructures are provided for all taxa, as well as SEM images of ornamented basidiospores which occur in Clavulinopsis helvola and Ramariopsis kunzei. A key to the Clavariaceae of Brazil is also included. Key words: clavarioid; morphology; taxonomy Introduction Clavariaceae Chevall. (Agaricales) comprises species with various types of basidiomata, including clavate, coralloid, resupinate, pendant-hydnoid and hygrophoroid forms (Hibbett & Thorn 2001, Birkebak et al. 2013). The family was first proposed to accommodate mostly saprophytic club and coral-like fungi that were previously placed in Clavaria Vaill. ex. L., including species that are now in other genera and families, such as Clavulina J.Schröt. -
Fungal Diversity Driven by Bark Features Affects Phorophyte
www.nature.com/scientificreports OPEN Fungal diversity driven by bark features afects phorophyte preference in epiphytic orchids from southern China Lorenzo Pecoraro1*, Hanne N. Rasmussen2, Sofa I. F. Gomes3, Xiao Wang1, Vincent S. F. T. Merckx3, Lei Cai4 & Finn N. Rasmussen5 Epiphytic orchids exhibit varying degrees of phorophyte tree specifcity. We performed a pilot study to investigate why epiphytic orchids prefer or avoid certain trees. We selected two orchid species, Panisea unifora and Bulbophyllum odoratissimum co-occurring in a forest habitat in southern China, where they showed a specifc association with Quercus yiwuensis and Pistacia weinmannifolia trees, respectively. We analysed a number of environmental factors potentially infuencing the relationship between orchids and trees. Diference in bark features, such as water holding capacity and pH were recorded between Q. yiwuensis and P. weinmannifolia, which could infuence both orchid seed germination and fungal diversity on the two phorophytes. Morphological and molecular culture-based methods, combined with metabarcoding analyses, were used to assess fungal communities associated with studied orchids and trees. A total of 162 fungal species in 74 genera were isolated from bark samples. Only two genera, Acremonium and Verticillium, were shared by the two phorophyte species. Metabarcoding analysis confrmed the presence of signifcantly diferent fungal communities on the investigated tree and orchid species, with considerable similarity between each orchid species and its host tree, suggesting that the orchid-host tree association is infuenced by the fungal communities of the host tree bark. Epiphytism is one of the most common examples of commensalism occurring in terrestrial environments, which provides advantages, such as less competition and increased access to light, protection from terrestrial herbivores, and better fower exposure to pollinators and seed dispersal 1,2. -
New Data on the Occurence of an Element Both
Analele UniversităĠii din Oradea, Fascicula Biologie Tom. XVI / 2, 2009, pp. 53-59 CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE KNOWLEDGE DIVERSITY OF LIGNICOLOUS MACROMYCETES (BASIDIOMYCETES) FROM CĂ3ĂğÂNII MOUNTAINS Ioana CIORTAN* *,,Alexandru. Buia” Botanical Garden, Craiova, Romania Corresponding author: Ioana Ciortan, ,,Alexandru Buia” Botanical Garden, 26 Constantin Lecca Str., zip code: 200217,Craiova, Romania, tel.: 0040251413820, e-mail: [email protected] Abstract. This paper presents partial results of research conducted between 2005 and 2009 in different forests (beech forests, mixed forests of beech with spruce, pure spruce) in CăSăĠânii Mountains (Romania). 123 species of wood inhabiting Basidiomycetes are reported from the CăSăĠânii Mountains, both saprotrophs and parasites, as identified by various species of trees. Keywords: diversity, macromycetes, Basidiomycetes, ecology, substrate, saprotroph, parasite, lignicolous INTRODUCTION MATERIALS AND METHODS The data presented are part of an extensive study, The research was conducted using transects and which will complete the PhD thesis. The CăSăĠânii setting fixed locations in some vegetable formations, Mountains are a mountain group of the ùureanu- which were visited several times a year beginning with Parâng-Lotru Mountains, belonging to the mountain the months April-May until October-November. chain of the Southern Carpathians. They are situated in Fungi were identified on the basis of both the SE parth of the Parâng Mountain, between OlteĠ morphological and anatomical properties of fruiting River in the west, Olt River in the east, Lotru and bodies and according to specific chemical reactions LaroriĠa Rivers in the north. Our area is 900 Km2 large using the bibliography [1-8, 10-13]. Special (Fig. 1). The vegetation presents typical levers: major presentation was made in phylogenetic order, the associations characteristic of each lever are present in system of classification used was that adopted by Kirk this massif. -
Three New Species of Cortinarius Subgenus Telamonia (Cortinariaceae, Agaricales) from China
A peer-reviewed open-access journal MycoKeys 69: 91–109 (2020) Three new species in Cortinarius from China 91 doi: 10.3897/mycokeys.69.49437 RESEARCH ARTICLE MycoKeys http://mycokeys.pensoft.net Launched to accelerate biodiversity research Three new species of Cortinarius subgenus Telamonia (Cortinariaceae, Agaricales) from China Meng-Le Xie1,2, Tie-Zheng Wei3, Yong-Ping Fu2, Dan Li2, Liang-Liang Qi4, Peng-Jie Xing2, Guo-Hui Cheng5,2, Rui-Qing Ji2, Yu Li2,1 1 Life Science College, Northeast Normal University, Changchun 130024, China 2 Engineering Research Cen- ter of Edible and Medicinal Fungi, Ministry of Education, Jilin Agricultural University, Changchun 130118, China 3 State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100101, China 4 Microbiology Research Institute, Guangxi Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Nanning, 530007, China 5 College of Plant Protection, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang 110866, China Corresponding authors: Rui-Qing Ji ([email protected]), Yu Li ([email protected]) Academic editor: O. Raspé | Received 16 December 2019 | Accepted 23 June 2020 | Published 14 July 2020 Citation: Xie M-L, Wei T-Z, Fu Y-P, Li D, Qi L-L, Xing P-J, Cheng G-H, Ji R-Q, Li Y (2020) Three new species of Cortinarius subgenus Telamonia (Cortinariaceae, Agaricales) from China. MycoKeys 69: 91–109. https://doi. org/10.3897/mycokeys.69.49437 Abstract Cortinarius is an important ectomycorrhizal genus that forms a symbiotic relationship with certain trees, shrubs and herbs. Recently, we began studying Cortinarius in China and here we describe three new spe- cies of Cortinarius subg. Telamonia based on morphological and ecological characteristics, together with phylogenetic analyses. -
Novosti Sist. Nizsh. Rast. 43
ISSN 0568-5435 ÐÎÑÑÈÉÑÊÀß ÀÊÀÄÅÌÈß ÍÀÓÊ ÁÎÒÀÍÈ×ÅÑÊÈÉ ÈÍÑÒÈÒÓÒ èì. Â. Ë. ÊÎÌÀÐÎÂÀ ACADEMIA SCIENTIARUM ROSSICA INSTITUTUM BOTANICUM NOMINE V. L. KOMAROVII ÍÎÂÎÑÒÈ ÑÈÑÒÅÌÀÒÈÊÈ ÍÈÇØÈÕ ÐÀÑÒÅÍÈÉ ÒÎÌ 43 NOVITATES SYSTEMATICAE PLANTARUM NON VASCULARIUM TOMUS XLIII Òîâàðèùåñòâî íàó÷íûõ èçäàíèé KMK Ñàíêò-Ïåòåðáóðã Ìîñêâà v 2009 À. Ã. Øèðÿåâ A. G. Shiryaev ÊËÀÂÀÐÈÎÈÄÍÛÅ ÃÐÈÁÛ ÒÓÍÄÐÎÂÎÉ È ËÅÑÎÒÓÍÄÐÎÂÎÉ ÇÎÍ ÊÎËÜÑÊÎÃÎ ÏÎËÓÎÑÒÐÎÂÀ (ÌÓÐÌÀÍÑÊÀß ÎÁËÀÑÒÜ) CLAVARIOID FUNGI OF THE TUNDRA AND FOREST-TUNDRA ZONES OF KOLA PENINSULA (MURMANSK REGION) Èíñòèòóò ýêîëîãèè ðàñòåíèé è æèâîòíûõ ÓðÎ ÐÀÍ Ëàáîðàòîðèÿ ôèòîìîíèòîðèíãà è îõðàíû ðàñòèòåëüíîãî ìèðà 620144, Åêàòåðèíáóðã, óë. 8 Ìàðòà, ä. 202 [email protected] Ïÿòüäåñÿò øåñòü âèäîâ êëàâàðèîèäíûõ ãðèáîâ èç 14 ðîäîâ îòìå÷åíû â âû- ñîêîøèðîòíûõ ðàéîíàõ Êîëüñêîãî ïîëóîñòðîâà, èç íèõ 55 âûÿâëåíû â ëåñîòóí- äðå è 30 â þæíûõ òóíäðàõ. Äâà âèäà (Mucronella flava è Ramaria testaceoflava) âïåðâûå îòìå÷åíû â ëåñîòóíäðîâîé çîíå Ðîññèè. Íàèáîëüøåå âèäîâîå áîãàòñòâî îòìå÷åíî äëÿ ðîäà Typhula (19 âèäîâ), à òðè êðóïíåéøèõ ðîäà Typhula, Ramaria è Clavaria âêëþ÷àþò â ñóììå 53.6% âñåõ âûÿâëåííûõ âèäîâ. Êîýôôèöèåíò âè- äîâîé íàñûùåííîñòè ðîäà â ëåñîòóíäðå ðàâåí 4.0, à â þæíûõ òóíäðàõ 3.7. Óðîâåíü âèäîâîãî áîãàòñòâà, ðàçíîîáðàçèÿ (èíäåêñ Øåííîíà) è äîìèíèðîâàíèÿ (èíäåêñ Ñèìïñîíà) ñõîäíû ñ òàêîâûìè äëÿ äðóãèõ âûñîêîøèðîòíûõ ðåãèîíîâ Åâðîïû, îäíàêî íåñêîëüêî îòëè÷àþòñÿ îò àíàëîãè÷íûõ ïîêàçàòåëåé äëÿ Ïîëÿð- íîãî Óðàëà è ßìàëà. Íàèáîëåå îáèëüíûìè âèäàìè ÿâëÿþòñÿ ñàïðîòðîôû, ðàç- âèâàþùèåñÿ íà òðàâÿíèñòîì îïàäå Typhula variabilis, T. lutescens è T. sclero- tioides. Ïî ñðàâíåíèþ ñ àíàëîãè÷íûìè êîìïëåêñàìè Ïîëÿðíîãî Óðàëà è ßìàëà íà Êîëüñêîì ïîëóîñòðîâå çíà÷èòåëüíà ðîëü ãóìóñîâûõ ñàïðîòðîôîâ (Clavulina cinerea, Clavaria argillacea, C. falcata). Êñèëîòðîôíûå âèäû îòìå÷åíû ëèøü â ëåñîòóíäðå. -
Reclassification of Pterulaceae Corner (Basidiomycota: Agaricales) Introducing the Ant-Associated Genus Myrmecopterula Gen
bioRxiv preprint doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/718809; this version posted September 27, 2019. The copyright holder for this preprint (which was not certified by peer review) is the author/funder, who has granted bioRxiv a license to display the preprint in perpetuity. It is made available under aCC-BY-NC 4.0 International license. Reclassification of Pterulaceae Corner (Basidiomycota: Agaricales) introducing the ant-associated genus Myrmecopterula gen. nov., Phaeopterula Henn. and the corticioid Radulomycetaceae fam. nov. Caio A. Leal-Dutra1,5, Gareth W. Griffith1, Maria Alice Neves2, David J. McLaughlin3, Esther G. McLaughlin3, Lina A. Clasen1 & Bryn T. M. Dentinger4 1 Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, Aberystwyth University, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion SY23 3DD WALES 2 Micolab, Departamento de Botânica, Centro de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil 3 Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, University of Minnesota, 1445 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55108, USA 4 Natural History Museum of Utah & Biology Department, University of Utah, 301 Wakara Way, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA 5 CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil, P.O. Box 250, Brasília – DF 70040-020, Brazil ABSTRACT Pterulaceae was formally proposed to group six coralloid and dimitic genera [Actiniceps (=Dimorphocystis), Allantula, Deflexula, Parapterulicium, Pterula and Pterulicium]. Recent molecular studies have shown that some of the characters currently used in Pterulaceae Corner do not distin- guish the genera. Actiniceps and Parapterulicium have been removed and a few other resupinate genera were added to the family. However, none of these studies intended to investigate the relation- ship between Pterulaceae genera.