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Phylogeny of Rozites, Cuphocybe and Rapacea inferred from ITS and LSU rDNA sequences

     Institute of Microbiology, Leopold Franzens-University Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Egon Horak

     Geobotanical Institute, ETHZ, Zollikerstr. 107, Zürich CH-8008, Switzerland

Meinhard M. Moser

     Institute of Microbiology, Leopold Franzens-University Innsbruck, Technikerstr. 25, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria

Rytas Vilgalys

     Department of Biology, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina 27708

Phylogenetic relationships of Rozites, Cuphocybe, and Rapacea were assessed using molecular phylogenetic approaches. These three genera are placed in Cortinariaceae and have been regarded as closely related to Cortinarius. Rozites includes more than 20 species, which are characterized by having both a membranaceous partial veil in the form of a persistent annulus and a membranaceous universal veil. Cuphocye (4 species) lacks an annulus or cortina, but has pigmented veil fibrils or scales. The monotypic genus Rapacea accommodates a distinct taxon with pale, nearly smooth and thick-walled basidiospores. We analyzed 56 sequences of the internal transcribed spacer region (ITS1, ITS2, and the intervening 5.8S rRNA gene) for nine species of Rozites, three species of Cuphocybe, 28 species of Cortinarius, Rapacea mariae and Protoglossum luteum. Two species of Hebeloma were used as outgroup. Large subunit (LSU) rDNA sequences from selected taxa were also analyzed. The results clearly demonstrate that Rozites species are nested within the clade/Cortinarius, and that Rozites is polyphyletic, suggesting that membranaceous veils have evolved several times in the genus Cortinarius. Also Rapacea and Cuphocybe are nested within Cortinarius, making the latter genus paraphyletic. Based on phylogenetic studies, Rozites, Cuphocybe and Rapacea are artificial genera and do not reflect natural relationships.

Key words: Agaricales, amyloid reaction, Cortinarius, Dermocybe, Protoglossum

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