New Elaphomyces species (Elaphomycetaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota) from Guyana.
Michael A Castellano, Terry W Henkel, Steven L Miller, Matthew E Smith, M Catherine Aime
USDA, Forest Service, Northern Research Station, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA.
Mycologia 2012 Sep-OctElaphomyces compleximurus sp. nov. and E. digitatus sp. nov. are described from the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana. Macromorphological, micromorphological, habitat and DNA sequence data are provided for each new species. This is the first report of Elaphomyces ascomata associated with ectomycorrhizal members of the Fabaceae and also for the genus from the lowland South American tropics.
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Michael A Castellano, Terry W Henkel, Steven L Miller, Matthew E Smith, M Catherine Aime. New Elaphomyces species (Elaphomycetaceae, Eurotiales, Ascomycota) from Guyana. Mycologia. 2012 Sep-Oct;104(5):1244-9
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