New Record of Cruentomycena viscidocruenta (Cleland) R.H. Petersen and Kovalenko (Mycenaceae, Agaricomycetes) from Sabah (Northern Borneo), Malaysia
Abstract
Abstract Multiple Cruentomycena individuals were collected from lowland dipterocarp forests in Sabah, northern Borneo, specifically within the pristine tropical forests of the Danum Valley Conservation Area and the Maliau Basin Conservation Area. To date, only four species have been described within this genus worldwide. Based on detailed morphological examination and molecular analyses of internal transcribed spacer (ITS) rDNA sequences, the collected specimens were identified as Cruentomycena viscidocruenta, representing the first record of this species in Sabah, Malaysia. Here, we report a new distributional record of C. viscidocruenta and present morphological observations, molecular sequence data, and an updated phylogenetic analysis.
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Authors: Jaya Seelan Sathiya Seelan, Ibrahem Ghani Wasti, W. M. Binti Janson Suhailin, Qian Qun Koid, Yee Shin Tan, Muhammad Shahbaz
Institutions: Universiti of Malaysia Sabah, University of Malaya, University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Sewanee: The University of the South, Institute of Entomology, Sabah Environmental Trust, Marine Research Foundation