<p align="left"><strong>Three new species of <em>Micropsalliota</em> (Agaricaceae, Agaricales) from China</strong></p>

Abstract

Species diversity of Micropsalliota in China remains poorly known, especially in southwestern China, a hotspot of biodiversity. Based on morphological characteristics and molecular phylogenetic analyses using ITS and nrLSU sequences, three new species named Micropsalliota delicatula, M. dentatomarginata and M. digitatocystis are introduced from China. Phylogenetc analyses results indicated the unique phylogenetic positions of three new species in Micropsalliota. Full descriptions, photo plates, illustrations and a phylogenetic tree to show the placement of three new species are presented.

A New Species Agrocybe striatipes, also a Newly Commercially Cultivated Mushroom with Highly Nutritional and Healthy Values

“…Specimens were dried completely with a food drier under a temperature of 55 °C overnight. Anatomical and cytological features including lamellae, pileipellis, basidiospores, basidia, and cystidia were observed from dried specimens and following the protocols [ 17 , 18 , 19 ]. A total of 5% KOH were used for a staining reaction.…”

<i>Micropsalliota pileocystidiata</i> (<i>Agaricaceae</i>), a new species from Maharashtra, India

“…Zhao and M. cystidiosa Natarajan & Manjula also have pleurocystidia. Micropsalliota digitatocystis and M. pseudoglobocystis are differ markedly by its needle-like pleurocystidia ( Li et al, 2021 ). Also M. digitatocystis has distinctly larger basidiospores (5.8-7.4 × 4-4.6 µm; Li et al, 2021 ).…”

“…Micropsalliota digitatocystis and M. pseudoglobocystis are differ markedly by its needle-like pleurocystidia ( Li et al, 2021 ). Also M. digitatocystis has distinctly larger basidiospores (5.8-7.4 × 4-4.6 µm; Li et al, 2021 ). Micropsalliota cystidiosa differs primarily in its smaller basidiomata (pileus 10-20 mm diam, stipe 35-40 × 4-6 mm) and smaller, fusoid ventricose pleurocystidia with mucronate apices ( Natarajan & Manjula, 1982 ).…”

“…Heinemann described 40 taxa of this genus from Africa, Asia, and tropical America ( Heinemann, 1980 ; 1983 ; 1988 ; 1989 ; Heinemann & Little Flower, 1983 ; Heinemann & Leelavathy 1991 ; Guzmán-Dávalos & Heinemann, 1994 ). Recently several new taxa of Micropsalliota described from Thialand and China ( Zhao et al, 2010 ; Wei, Li, Hyde, & Zhao, 2015 ; Chen, Hyde, Bahkali, & Zhao, 2016 ; He et al, 2020 ; Li, He, & Zhao, 2021 ). In India, so far 24 species of Micropsalliota have been reported ( Natarajan & Manjula, 1982 ; Heinemann, 1983 ; Heinemann & Little Flower, 1983 ; Heinemann & Leelavathy 1991 ; Dutta, Pradhan, Roy, & Acharya, 2011 ; Farook, Khan, & Manimohan, 2013 ; Senthilarasu & Kumaresan, 2016 ).…”

“…The rest of the ingroup and outgroup sequences were obtained from the NCBI database to construct the phylogenetic tree following previous studies ( Zhao et al, 2010 ; Wei et al, 2015 ; Chen et al, 2016 ; Parra et al, 2016 ; He et al, 2020 ; Li et al, 2021 ). All the sequences were aligned using Muscle programme in the MEGA v 7.0 ( Kumar, Stecher, & Tamura, 2016 ).…”