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Lycoperdon rupicola and L. subumbrinum are here described as new species. The former is a morphologically characteristic species forming small subglobose to pyriforme fruiting bodies with a prominent, protruding and stellately lobed stoma. In the phylogenetic analyses the six sequences of L. rupicola form a clade with 100% BS and 1.0 BPP, clustering with L. dermoxanthum. The proposed species grows among mosses on siliceous boulders and flat rocks as well as on open, sandy soil in temperate and hemiboreal regions. The records to date indicate its presence in Fennoscandia and Spain (Catalunya). L. subumbrinum morphologically resembles L. umbrinum but differs in having coarser ornamentation of its spores. In the phylogenetic analyses the five sequences of L. subumbrinum form a clade with 100% BS and 1.0 BPP, clustering with L. muscorum. The records to date, originating from southernmost Sweden and NW Slovakia, indicate that L. subumbrinum is a species of rich deciduous forests.
L. muscorum is recorded for the first time from the Iberian peninsula (Spain).
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We are grateful to Carl-Gustav Bengtsson, Rolf-Göran Carlsson, Inger-Lise Fonneland, Sven-Åke Hanson, Michael Krikorev, Xavier Llimona, Tina Nordberg, August Rocabruna, Jan-Olof Tedebrand, Magnus Vetter, Leif Örstadius, and the curator at H for providing specimens for this study. The authors are further indebted to Jörgen Jeppson (photos), Nils Lundqvist and Oliver Smith for help with the Latin diagnoses and to Vincent Demoulin and Hanns Kreisel for examining and commenting on some of the specimens. Financial support for this study was received from The Swedish Taxonomy Initiative, ArtDatabanken, SLU Uppsala, Kapten Carl Stenholm’s foundation, and Flora Micologica Iberica (CGL2006-12732-CO2-01/BOS).
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Jeppson, M., Larsson, E. & Martín, M.P. Lycoperdon rupicola and L. subumbrinum: two new puffballs from Europe. Mycol Progress 11, 887–897 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-011-0804-8
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