Untangling horsehair fungi in Australia: Marasmius crinis-equi (Marasmiaceae) and related taxa
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Article Title | Untangling horsehair fungi in Australia: Marasmius crinis-equi (Marasmiaceae) and related taxa |
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ERA Journal ID | 2503 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Guard, F.E., Dearnaley, J., May, T.W. and Lebel, T. |
Journal Title | Mycological Progress: international journal of fungal sciences |
Journal Citation | 23 (1) |
Number of Pages | 27 |
Year | 2024 |
Publisher | Springer |
Place of Publication | Germany |
ISSN | 1617-416X |
1861-8952 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-024-01995-9 |
Web Address (URL) | https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11557-024-01995-9 |
Abstract | Fungi with prominent hairlike rhizomorphs, aerial habit, sparse small sporophores, and usually saprotrophic biology are commonly known as ‘horsehair or spider fungi’. The earliest descriptions of them, from the mid-late 1800s, were published from Australian material under the names Marasmius crinis-equi and M. equicrinis. For the original ‘horsehair fungus’, we review this early historical material, briefly explore the changes in the species concept over time, and investigate the nomenclatural tangle of potentially competing names. Our analysis of morphological and molecular data for over 60 collections across eastern Australia shows that material labelled as M. crinis-equi forms part of a complex of at least three closely related species and that this name has been misapplied both within Australia and internationally. An epitype is nominated for an updated concept of M. crinis-equi, and the closely related taxa, M. tropicus sp. nov. and M. kabakada sp. nov., are described. Two more distantly related Australian taxa to which the name M. crinis-equi has been misapplied, M. perumbilicatus sp. nov. and M. argillaceus sp. nov., are also described to further stabilise the concept of the authentic horsehair fungus M. crinis-equi. |
Keywords | Nomenclatural history; Taxonomy ; Horsehair blight; M. crinis-equi; M. equicrin; M. tropicus; M. kabakada; M. perumbilicatus; M. argillaceus; Typifcation ; 4 new taxa; 1 new typifcation |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 310705. Mycology |
Byline Affiliations | University of Southern Queensland |
Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Australia | |
State Herbarium of South Australia |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z9qx3/untangling-horsehair-fungi-in-australia-marasmius-crinis-equi-marasmiaceae-and-related-taxa
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