New species and records of bioluminescent Mycena from Mexico.
Alonso Cortés-PérezDennis E DesjardinBrian A PerryVirginia Ramírez-CruzFlorencia Ramírez-GuillénAlma Rosa Villalobos-ArámbulaAlan RockefellerPublished in: Mycologia (2019)
Seven species of bioluminescent fungi are recorded from the cloud forests in Mexico. Six represent new species belonging to the genus Mycena, whereas Mycena globulispora is a new distribution record for the country. Descriptions, illustrations, photographs, and an identification key to bioluminescent fungi species from Mexico are provided. Sequences of nuc rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS1-5.8S-ITS2 = ITS) region were generated for barcoding purposes and comparisons with similar species.
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