Affiliation: | aDepartment of Biological Sciences, Humboldt State University, Arcata, CA 95521, USA bUSDA-ARS, Systematic Botany and Mycology Lab, Beltsville, Maryland 20705, USA cDepartment of Botany, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Wyoming 82071, USA |
Abstract: | Cantharellus pleurotoides sp. nov. (Cantharellaceae, Cantharellales, Basidiomycota) is described from the Pakaraima Mountains of Guyana, occurring in rainforests dominated by ectomycorrhizal Dicymbe spp. (Caesalpiniaceae). This fungus is singular among Cantharellus species described worldwide in possessing a pleurotoid basidioma. Macromorphological, micromorphological, and habitat data are provided for the new species. |