A new species of the genus Truncocolumella (Basidiomycota, Boletales) found in the Hengduan Mountains of China

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Keywords: false truffles · Topics: Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions, Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions, Lichen and fungal ecology

During surveys of hypogeous fungi in the Hengduan Mountains, south-western China, three specimens of the genus Truncocolumella were discovered in Sichuan Province.Morphological and molecular analyses revealed that the collections represent a new species, Truncocolumella pseudocolumella. This article describes the new species and discusses its relationship with the other two members of the genus.

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