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Rhodocybe subasyae, a new species of Rhodocybe sect. Rufobrunnea (Entolomataceae, Agaricales) from northeast China
Ya-Li SunTolgor Bau
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2023 年 64 巻 3 号 p. 96-100

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Rhodocybe subasyae is described from northeast China as a new species with both morphological and molecular characteristics, which is morphologically characterized by its tricholomatoid basidiomata, orange white to beige red pileus, adnexed to sinuate lamellae and long clavate branched cheilocystidia within section Rufobrunnea. The phylogenetic tree based on internal transcribed spacers of rDNA (nrITS) sequences using Bayesian methods showed that new taxon was distinguished from other species of Rhodocybe.

The genus Rhodocybe Maire was proposed by Maire (1926) with the type species Rhodocybe caelata (Fr.) Maire and the majority of Rhodocybe species are characterized by variable shape and color of basidiomata, attached and pinkish to vinaceous cinnamon lamellae, basidiospores usually with randomly bumpy to pustulate ornamentation and minutely angular in polar view with 6-12 facets, clamp connections absent in all parts (Baroni, 1981; Kluting, Baroni, & Bergemann, 2014).

Rhodocybe sect. Rufobrunnea Singer ex T.J. Baroni was published by Baroni (1981) to retain the clampless species with pinkish or reddish brown pigments. The section was characterized by a central stipe; adnexed to adnate or decurrent lamellae; reddish, reddish brown, pinkish, ochraceous brown, rusty orange or dark brown pileus; cheilocystidia present or not and absent of clamp-connections (Baroni, 1981).

According to He et al. (2019), approximately 50 taxa of Rhodocybe have been described around the world, but only 2 species were reported in China viz. Rhodocybe cf. lignicola Singer and R. truncata (Schaeff.) Singer (Li, 2009; Zhong, 2019), due to some species reallocated to closely related genera (Kluting et al., 2014). During the field investigations in northeastern China, a new species of Rhodocybe was identified and described here based on morphological and phylogenetic analyses.

In this study, basidiomata of the type were photographed and collected from Tianfozhishan National Nature Reserve, Jilin Province, China. Fresh basidiomata were dried and preserved in the Herbarium of Mycology of Jilin Agricultural University (HMJAU). Macroscopic description was based on detailed field notes on fresh basidiomata. Color codes are according to Kornerup and Wanscher (1978). Microscopic features were observed with dried specimens, rehydrated in distilled water or 5% KOH and then stained with Congo Red as universal, using a Nikon 80i light microscope (Nikon, Tokyo, Japan). Melzer's reagent was used to check amyloidity of basiodiospore walls. At least 20 mature spores from each specimen were measured. The sterigmata of the basidia and the ornamentation of basidiospores were not included in the spore measurements based on the recent related studies (Liu & Bau, 2019; Sesli & Vizzini, 2017). The following abbreviations are used: L = number of lamellae reaching the stipe; l = number of lamellulae between each pair of lamellae; Q = the length/breadth ratio of basidiospores; Qav = average quotient.

Genomic DNA was extracted from 0.1-0.2 mg of dried specimens using a NuClean Plant Genomic DNA kit (CWBIO, Beijing, China). ITS1/ITS4 were used as primer sequences (White, Bruns, Lee, & Taylor, 1990). PCR cycling conditions were identical to the touchdown cycling program (Don, Cox, Wainwright, Baker, & Mattick, 1991). A total of 51 sequences of Entolomataceae were downloaded for molecular phylogenetic analysis based on BLAST results from NCBI GenBank database. Rugosomyces carneus (Bull.) Bon (AF357028) and Lyophyllum leucophaeatum (P. Karst.) P. Karst (AF357032) were selected as outgroups (Sesli & Vizzini, 2017; Vizzini, Ferrari, Ercole, & Fellin, 2018). Sequences were aligned using BioEdit 7.2.5 (Hall, 1999). Alignments were then imported into MEGA 7.0.26 (Kumar, Stecher, & Tamura, 2016) for manual adjustment. MrModeltest 2.3 was used to estimate optimal model to use with the allied sequences (Nylander, 2004). The alignment was deposited in TreeBASE (https://www.treebase.org/) with the accession number 27480. Bayesian Inference (BI) analysis was performed with MrBayes 3.2.6 (Ronquist & Huelsenbeck, 2003), and selected model for ITS datasets were HKY+I+G. Markov Chains (MCMC) were run for 2.5 million generations with sampling every 100th generation until the standard deviation of the split frequencies fell below 0.01 to obtain estimates for Bayesian posterior probabilities (BPP). The Maximum Likelihood (ML) estimation was performed in RAxML GUI2.0 (Edler, Klein, Antonelli, & Silvestro, 2019) with rapid bootstrapping algorithm involing 1000 replicates under GTRGAMMAI model, the other parameters used the default settings. The phylogenetic tree was displayed by FigTree vl.4.4. Detailed information on nucleotide sequences is shown in Table 1.

Table 1. nrITS sequences obtained from GenBank and used in the present phylogenetic analyses.
Species Voucher No. Genbank accession No. Locality
Clitocella mundula TJB7599 DQ494694 USA
Clitocella popinalis CBS821.87 FJ770400 -
Clitopilopsis hirneola CBS 126.46 FJ770392 UK
Clitopilus amarus A. d. Haan 98031 KC885963 -
Clitopilus chrischonensis TO HG1994 HM623128 Switzerland
Clitopilus cystidiatus UBC F-30425 MF955170 Canada
Clitopilus cystidiatus E. Arnolds 03-27 KC885964 Norway
Clitopilus cystidiatus TO AV131 HM623130 France
Clitopilus prunulus CBS 227.93 FJ770408 UK
Clitopilus prunulus HMJAU 4521 MN061302 Russia
Clitopilus scyphoides 148 MN945081 Spain
Entocybe nitida 287 JF907989 Italy
Entocybe haastii MEL:2379812 MF977980 -
Entoloma abortivum GDGM27313 JQ291565 China
Entoloma caccabus 17 KC710063 The Netherlands
Entoloma conferendum UBCF23758 KC581296 Canada
Entoloma myrmecophilum 231 KC710120 Norway
Entoloma prunuloides TJB4765 DQ206983 -
Entoloma sordidulum Co-David 2003 KC710062 Norway
Entoloma sphagneti OW-E2-14 KX945366 Norway
Lyophyllum leucophaeatum Hae251.97 AF357032 -
Rhodocybe asanii KATO:Fungi:3659 NR154442 Turkey
Rhodocybe asanii KATO:Fungi:3657 KX834265 Turkey
Rhodocybe asyae Personal collection:NA131019 MN840644 Turkey
Rhodocybe asyae KATO:Fungi:3640 NR154443 Turkey
Rhodocybe asyae KATO:Fungi:3653 KX834268 Turkey
Rhodocybe brunnescens TENN056140 HQ222033 USA
Rhodocybe brunnescens TENN:056140 NR119914 USA
Rhodocybe caelata JVG 1070904-2 KU862855 Spain
Rhodocybe formosa Herb. B. Picillo 12/208 KU862858 Italy
Rhodocybe formosa Herb. B. Picillo 12/198 KU862857 Italy
Rhodocybe formosa LIP JVG 1061015 KU862856 Spain
Rhodocybe fumanellii MCVE:29550 NR166243 Italy
Rhdodcybe fusipes DLK 298 MN306209 Brazil
Rhdodcybe fusipes DLK 587 MN306210 Brazil
Rhodocybe griseoaurantia CAL:1324 NR154435 India
Rhodocybe griseoaurantia CAL 1324 KX083571 India
Rhodocybe griseonigrella LIP:JVG 1081204 NR163283 Spain
Rhodocybe matesina MCVE:29261 KY629962 Italy
Rhodocybe matesina MCVE:29262 NR154455 Italy
Rhodocybe minutispora LIP JVG 1071101 KU862860 Spain
Rhodocybe roseiavellanea PBM4056 (TENN) MF686525 USA
Rhodocybe rubrobrunnea CAL:1387 NR154445 India
Rhodocybe rubrobrunnea CAL 1387 KX951452 India
Rhodocybe subasyae HMJAU56921-1 MW298803 China
Rhodocybe subasyae HMJAU56921-2 MW298804 China
Rhodocybe subasyae HMJAU56921-3 MW298805 China
Rhodocybe truncata CBS482/50 EF421110 -
Rhodocybe tugrulii MSNG3938 KY945354 Italy
Rhodocybe tugrulii KATO:Fungi:3340 NR154436 Turkey
Rugosomyces carneus CBS552.50 AF357028 -

Taxonomy

Rhodocybe subasyae T. Bau & Y. L. Sun, sp. nov. Figs. 1, 2.

MycoBank no.: MB 838088.

Fig. 1 -Rhodocybe subasyae (HMJAU56921, holotype) Fresh basidiomes in situ. Bar: 15 mm. Photographed by Ya-li Sun.
Fig. 2 -Rhodocybe subasyae. A: Basidiomata. B: Basidia. C: Basidiospores. D. Cheilocystidia. E: Basidioles. F: Pileipellis. Bars: A 1 cm; C 5 μm; B, D-F 10 μm. All drawings were from holotype by Ya-li Sun.

Diagnosis: R. subasyae differs from R. asyae Sesli & Vizzini by the tricholomatoid basidiomata, orange white (6A2) to beige red (7B4) pileus and sinuate to adnate lamellae. Basidiospores inamyloid, ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid. Cheilocystidia slenderly clavate, sometimes with short branch.

Holotype: CHINA, Jilin Province, Longjing City, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, Tianfozhishan National Nature Reserve, Jul 10, 2020, leg. Ya-li Sun, (HMJAU56921).

Gene sequences ex-holotype (ITS): MW298803-MW298805.

Etymology: sub = somewhat, asyae- refers to the closest phylogenetic relationship with the species R. asyae.

Pileus 19-25 mm diam, convex to plane, sometimes irregular, beige red (7B4) over most of the surface, margin ivory to beige (6A2-6A3); surface dry, smooth, with off-white (7B1) slightly tomentose at the centre. Context thin, pale white (1A1). Lamellae adnexed to sinuate, concolorous with the pileus or paler, crowded, fragile, edge regular, L = 40-50, l = 2-4. Stipe 22-37 × 5-7 mm, cylindrical, sometimes slightly flattened, fibrillose, orange white (6A2) with white (1A1) basal mycelium. Odor and taste not distinctive.

Basidiospores (4.9-) 5.4-6.8 (-7.8) × (3.4-) 3.9-4.9 (-5.8) μm, 6.0 × 4.3 μm on average, Q = 1.2-1.6, Qav = 1.4, ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid in profile view, colorless, angular in polar view with 6-8 facets, walls cyanophilic, inamyloid. Basidia 18.5-28.2 × 5.8-6.8 μm, 2 to 4-spored (mostly 2-spored), sterigmata 2-3 μm, clavate, colorless, smooth, thin-walled, inamyloid, sometimes with oil drops. Basidioles 9.7-23.4 × 3.9-6.8 μm, similar to basidia, clavate, colorless, smooth, thin-walled. Cheilocystidia rare, 22.4-28.2 × 3.9-6.8 μm, slenderly clavate, flexuous, occasionally with short branch, colorless, smooth, thin-walled. Pleurocystidia absent. Lamellar trama regular, cylindrical, thin-walled, 19-25 mm diam, colorless, thin-walled. Pileipellis two layered, a layer of short cylindrical colorless hyphae, 4-7 μm diam and thin-walled; a layer of enlarged cylindrical colorless hyphae without encrusted, 7-12 μm diam. Pileus context consisting of short cylindrical, enlarged, colorless, smooth, thin-walled, up to 11 μm wide hyphae. Stipitipellis a cuits made up of cylindrical, parallel, colorless, smoooth, thin-walled, up to 10 μm wide hyphae. Caulocystidia absent. Clamp connections absent in all tissues.

Habitat and distribution: Scattered in the sandy soil under mixed forests (Pinus L., Quercus L., Larix Mill.), currently known from northeast China (Tianfozhishan National Nature Reserve, Jilin).

Specimen examined: CHINA. Jilin Province: Tianfozhishan National Nature Reserve, Longjing City, Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture, 42°57′13″N , 129°67′17″E, elev. 428 m, Ya-li Sun, 10 Jul 2020, HMJAU56921 (Holotype!).

The Bayesian analyses based on the nrITS of Entolomataceae shows that species in each genus located in separate clades with high node support which agrees with the previous studies (Sesli & Vizzini, 2017; Vizzini et al., 2018). The ML tree shows the similar topologies with the BI tree. The species of genus Rhodocybe fell in one clade and the sect. Rufobrunnea form a well-supported clade. The new species, R. subasyae occupied a distinct position together with another species R. asyae of sect. Rufobrunnea by a high node support (BPP=1.00/ML=100). Based on the results of phylogeny study, R. subasyae is independent to other Rhodocybe taxa (Fig. 3).

Fig. 3 -Bayesian inference and maximum likelihood phylogram inferred from partial nrITS sequences data, with Rugosomyces carneus and Lyophyllum leucophaeatum as outgroup taxa. Bayesian posterior probability values ≥ 0.90 and maximum likelihood bootstrap values ≥ 70 are shown on the branches. Bar indicates 0.09 expected change per site per branch.

The tricholomatoid basidiomata, orange white to beige red pileus and clamp connections absent in all tissues indicate that R. subasyae belongs to sect. Rufobrunnea according to Baroni (1981), and it was proved to be an independent and distinct species within this section based on phylogenetic analysis (Fig. 3). Several species of Rhodocybe sect. Rufobrunnea related to R. subasyae were compared in Table 2.

Table 2. Comparison of morphological characteristics of Rhodocybe subasyae and related species.
Characters/species R. subasyae R. asyae R. fusipes R. fumanellii R. asanii
Pileus diam (mm) 19-25 10-30 13-47 35-100 20-45
Pileus surface smooth, central slightly tomentose smooth, color changed when old or injured smooth to slightly pruninose, deep orange, orange, reddish orange, hiah red smooth, dry, greasy when wet dry, minutely felty-tomentose, color changed when old or injured
Stipe (mm) 22-37 × 5-7 25-30 × 2-5 43-63 × 5-10 40-70 × 5-15 25-40 × 5-15
Lamellae colour orange white to beige red whitish, light ivory to beige red or slightly reddish beige white becoming reddish with age at first whitish-cream, finally pinkish, with an irregular-eroded concolorous edge light ivory to beige red, wood color or paler
L, l L = 40-50, l = 2-4 L = 35-55, l = 1-3 - L = 60-80, l = 1-3(-4) L = 40-50, l = 2-5
Basidiospores (Size μm) 5.4-6.8 × 3.9-4.9 5-7 × 4-5 5-5.5 × 4-5 5.68-6.83 × 3.93-4.58 5.3-6.3 × 3.5-4.5
Q 1.2-1.6 1.1-1.4 1-1.25 1.34-1.6 1.2-1.5
Basidiospores Shape ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid globose to short ellipsoid ellipsoid ellipsoid to broadly ellipsoid
Basidia (μm) 18.5-28.2 × 5.8-6.8 17-22 × 5-6 27-31.5 × 5-7 30-40 × 6.5-7 14-29 × 8-13
Cheilocystidia (μm) 22.4-28.2 × 3.9-6.8 20-30 × 4-6 absent 35-95 × 3-6.5 absent
Caulocystidia (μm) Absent Absent absent 30-50 × 3-4 absent

The closest phylogenetical species is R. asyae which from Turkey can be distinguished from R. subasyae by a clitocyboid, smaller (10-30 mm), salmon pink pileus, decurrent lamellae, a pruinose, 25-30 × 2-5 mm stipe; microscopically, R. asyae differs in the versiform, flexuous cheilocystidia (20-30 × 4-6 μm) without branching (Sesli & Vizzini, 2017). Rhodocybe fusipes Silva-Filho, D.L. Komura & Wartchow from Brazil is closely related to R. subasyae but it has orange to reddish and slightly umbonated pileus and it is absent of cystidia (Silva-Filho et al., 2020). The other allied species R. truncata has 15-80 mm irregular pileus, subdecurrent lamellae and weakly farinaceous odor; microscopically R. truncata has smaller basidiospores (5-6.5 × 4-5 μm) and longer cheilocystidia (20-60 × 2-6.5 μm) (Baroni, 1981).

Morphologically, it is familiar to R. asanii E. Sesli & Vizzini by the tricholomatoid basidiomata, beige red pileus and adnexed to sinuate lamellae. However, R. asanii from Turkey differs in the discolored pileus when injured or old. Furthermore, microscopically R. asanii is distinguished due to the absence of the cheilocystidia and the multicelled layer of interwoven hyphae with angular and spirally pigment encrusted hyphae (Sesli & Vizzini, 2017).

Rhodocybe fumanellii Ferrari, Vizzini & Fellin described from Italy, is circumscribed by a larger (35-100 mm), reddish-brown to ochre pileus, a 40-70 × 5-15 mm stipe, 5.68-6.83 × 3.93-4.58 μm ellipsoid basidiospores and slender cylindrical caulocystidia (Vizzini et al., 2018). Rhodocybe matesina Picillo & Vizzini from Italy differs in a collybioid basidiomata, broadly adnate to shortly decurrent lamellae, a smell similar to Hygrophorus penarioides Jacobsson & E. Larss, an olive-green reaction on the pileus surface with KOH and shorter cheilocystidia (16.5-23 × 3-6.5 μm) (Crous et al., 2017).

Disclosure

The authors declare no conflicts of interest. All the experiments undertaken in this study comply with the current laws of the country where they were performed.

Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Program for Ministry of Education Innovation (No. IRT1134, IRT-15R25). We sincerely thank the staff of Longjing Forestry Bureau and Tianfozhishan National Nature Reserve Administration for providing help with field work. We also thank the reviewers and the conscientious editor for their corrections and suggestions to improve our work.

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