New Zealand Journal of Botany abstracts
The basidiomycete genus Favolaschia in
New Zealand
P. R. Johnston
S. R. Whitton*
P. K. Buchanan
D. Park
S. R. Pennycook
Landcare Research
Private Bag 92170
Auckland, New Zealand
J. E. Johnson
Department of Biological Sciences
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA 98926, USA
J. M. Moncalvo
Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
Royal Ontario Museum and Department of Botany
University of Toronto
100 Queen’s Park
Toronto, Ontario M5S 2C6, Canada
*Present
address: MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte Ltd, 1 Science Park Road, The
Capricorn #05-01, Singapore Science Park II, Singapore 117528.
Abstract Four species of
Favolaschia are accepted for New Zealand: F.
calocera, F. pustulosa, and two new
species F. cyatheae and F. austrocyatheae.
Favolaschia cyatheae, F. austrocyatheae,
and F. pustulosa are native to New Zealand. Favolaschia
calocera, first described from Madagascar, has also been
previously reported from New Zealand, Norfolk Island, and Italy. We
report a wider geographical distribution for this species. Levels of
genetic variation between collections suggest that F. calocera
is paleotropical, native to Madagascar, southern China, and Thailand,
with recent (probably human-induced) introductions to Norfolk Island,
Kenya, Italy, New Zealand, and Réunion Island. ITS
sequences show that the tiny
monocotyledon-inhabiting F. minima is not a Favolaschia;
it is here transferred to Panellus. Taxonomic
descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps within New Zealand, and
a key to the Favolaschia species known from New
Zealand are provided, together with a discussion on past miscitations
of the genus Favolaschia and its species.
Keywords Agaricales;
Basidiomycetes; ITS sequences; New Zealand fungi; systematics;
nomenclature; biogeography; Panellus minimus;
Tricholomataceae; Mycenaceae; phylogeny
B05026; Received 20 June 2005; accepted 8 November 2005;
Online publication date 4 April 2006
New Zealand Journal of Botany, 2006, Vol. 44:
65–87
0028–825X/06/4401–0065 © The
Royal Society of New Zealand 2006
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