Molecular and morphological evidence reveals four new species of the genus Lepiota (Agaricales, Verrucosporaceae) in Hebei Province, China
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- 1Guangxi Key Laboratory of Health Care Food Science and Technology/ Guangxi University Engineering Research Center for Taro Preservation and High-value Utilization, Hezhou University, Hezhou 542899, China Guangxi Key Laboratory of Health Care Food Science and Technology/ Guangxi University Engineering Research Center for Taro Preservation and High-value Utilization, Hezhou University Hezhou China
- 2School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hezhou University, Hezhou 542899, China School of Food and Biological Engineering, Hezhou University Hezhou China
- 3College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University, Langfang 065000, China College of Life Science, Langfang Normal University Langfang China https://ror.org/05kyq2m47
- 4College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China College of Life Sciences, Hebei Normal University Shijiazhuang China https://ror.org/004rbbw49
- 5Department of Ecology and Environment of Hebei Province, Shijiazhuang 050051, China Department of Ecology and Environment of Hebei Province Shijiazhuang China
Abstract
Four new species of Lepiota collected from Hebei Province, northern China, namely Lepiota huangyangshanensis, L. maojingbaensis, L. varia, and L. xiaowutaishanensis, are described based on morphological characteristics and molecular data. Lepiota huangyangshanensis is characterized by a cream to straw-yellow pileus with olivaceous buff to straw-yellow squamules, small ellipsoid to amygdaliform basidiospores, narrowly clavate to clavate cheilocystidia, and pileus and stipe coverings composed of chains of either spherical or cylindrical cells. Lepiota maojingbaensis features a cream to pale clay-buff pileus, a clay-pink to clay-buff stipe covered with white to cream tomentum in the lower half, a trichodermal pileus covering, and truncate to spurred basidiospores. Lepiota varia exhibits a cream to flesh-pink pileus with squamules ranging from flesh-pink to brownish vinaceous to rose, a cream to clay-buff stipe with buff, flesh-pink to fawn squamules, a trichodermal pileus covering, and truncate to spurred basidiospores. Lepiota xiaowutaishanensis has a white, flesh-pink to clay-pink pileus, a flesh-pink to fawn stipe, a hymeniform pileus covering, and ellipsoid, broadly ellipsoid to oblong basidiospores. Phylogenetic analyses based on a four-locus dataset (ITS, nrLSU, RPB2, mtSSU) assigned the four new species to three well-supported sections: sect. Eriophorae, sect. Stenosporae and sect. Cristatae. Furthermore, subsect. Paralilaceae was raised to the rank of section, as it did not form a monophyletic clade within sect. Lilaceae phylogenetically.
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BibTeX
@article{an2026molecular,
title = {{Molecular and morphological evidence reveals four new species of the genus Lepiota (Agaricales, Verrucosporaceae) in Hebei Province, China}},
author = {Qi An and Xi-Ya Zhao and Rui-Min Li and Wan-Rui Shui and Wen-Bo Zhang and Yi-Man Liu and Yu-Jiao Zhang and Li-An Wang and Xuan Zhao and Mei-Ling Han},
journal = {MycoKeys},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.3897/mycokeys.142.200915},
url = {https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.142.200915},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Molecular and morphological evidence reveals four new species of the genus Lepiota (Agaricales, Verrucosporaceae) in Hebei Province, China
AU - Qi An
AU - Xi-Ya Zhao
AU - Rui-Min Li
AU - Wan-Rui Shui
AU - Wen-Bo Zhang
AU - Yi-Man Liu
AU - Yu-Jiao Zhang
AU - Li-An Wang
AU - Xuan Zhao
AU - Mei-Ling Han
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/26
JO - MycoKeys
DO - 10.3897/mycokeys.142.200915
UR - https://doi.org/10.3897/mycokeys.142.200915
AB - Four new species of Lepiota collected from Hebei Province, northern China, namely Lepiota huangyangshanensis, L. maojingbaensis, L. varia, and L. xiaowutaishanensis, are described based on morphological characteristics and molecular data. Lepiota huangyangshanensis is characterized by a cream to straw-yellow pileus with olivaceous buff to straw-yellow squamules, small ellipsoid to amygdaliform basidiospores, narrowly clavate to clavate cheilocystidia, and pileus and stipe coverings composed of chains of either spherical or cylindrical cells. Lepiota maojingbaensis features a cream to pale clay-buff pileus, a clay-pink to clay-buff stipe covered with white to cream tomentum in the lower half, a trichodermal pileus covering, and truncate to spurred basidiospores. Lepiota varia exhibits a cream to flesh-pink pileus with squamules ranging from flesh-pink to brownish vinaceous to rose, a cream to clay-buff stipe with buff, flesh-pink to fawn squamules, a trichodermal pileus covering, and truncate to spurred basidiospores. Lepiota xiaowutaishanensis has a white, flesh-pink to clay-pink pileus, a flesh-pink to fawn stipe, a hymeniform pileus covering, and ellipsoid, broadly ellipsoid to oblong basidiospores. Phylogenetic analyses based on a four-locus dataset (ITS, nrLSU, RPB2, mtSSU) assigned the four new species to three well-supported sections: sect. Eriophorae, sect. Stenosporae and sect. Cristatae. Furthermore, subsect. Paralilaceae was raised to the rank of section, as it did not form a monophyletic clade within sect. Lilaceae phylogenetically.
SN - 1314-4057
SN - 1314-4049
ER -