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Mycologia, 100(4), 2008, pp. 673-676.
© 2008 by The Mycological Society of America

Gloeodontia xerophila (Aphyllophorales, Basidiomycota), a new species with corticioid basidioma from the Canary Islands


M. Teresa Telleria 1
Margarita Dueñas

     Real Jardín Botánico, CSIC, Plaza de Murillo, 2. 28014 Madrid, España

Esperanza Beltrán
J. Laura Rodríguez-Armas

     Departamento de Biología (Botánica), Universidad de La Laguna, 38071 La Laguna, Tenerife, Islas Canarias, España

Ireneia Melo

     Jardim Botânico (MNHN), Universidade de Lisboa, CBA/FCUL, Rua da Escola Politécnica 58, 1250-102 Lisboa, Portugal

Gloeodontia xerophila sp. nov. is described and illustrated from material collected on dead xerophyte debris in the Canary Islands. This species is characterized by the odontioid hymenophore with short aculei, up to 2 mm long, dimitic hyphal system and amyloid, subglobose and verrucose spores, 4–5 x 3–4 µm. The new taxon is compared with other species in the genus and a key to the species of Gloeodontia is provided.

Key words: Aphyllophorales, Basidiomycota, Canary Islands, corticiaceous fungi, Gloeodontia, Spain, xerophilic fungi

1 Corresponding author: E-mail: telleria{at}rjb.csic.es






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