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The genus Ponticulomyces (Physalacriaceae, Agaricales) from Japan

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Two species of the genus Ponticulomyces collected from Japan for the first time are described and illustrated. Ponticulomyces kedrovayae is characterized by its lamellae staining yellow when bruised and in age, stipe lacking an annulus and a pseudorhiza, scattered pileal hairs, and large amygdaliform basidiospores. It mainly occurs on dead wood of Fagus crenata. Ponticulomyces orientalis is characterized by its scattered pileal hairs and broadly ellipsoid to ellipsoid basidiospores. It was collected mostly on dead wood of Cameria japonica.

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Acknowledgments

The authors are very grateful to Prof. Dr. Ronald H. Petersen, Prof. Dr. Karen W. Hughes (Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Tennessee), and Prof. Dr. Zhu L. Yang (Kunming Institute of Botany, the Chinese Academy of Sciences), for loaning valuable specimens and for many helpful suggestions. This work was supported by the Grant-in-Aid for the Global COE Program “Advanced Utilization of Fungus/Mushroom Resources for Sustainable Society in Harmony with Nature” from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan.

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  1. Hiroto Suhara

    Present address: Miyazaki Prefectural Wood Utilization Research Center, 21-2 Hanaguri, Miyakonojo, Miyazaki, 885-0037, Japan

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  1. The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tottori University, Koyama, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan

    Shuji Ushijima

  2. Tottori Mycological Institute, Kokoge, Tottori, 689-1125, Japan

    Eiji Nagasawa

  3. Fungus/Mushroom Resource and Research Center, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, Koyama, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan

    Hiroto Suhara & Nitaro Maekawa

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Ushijima, S., Nagasawa, E., Suhara, H. et al. The genus Ponticulomyces (Physalacriaceae, Agaricales) from Japan. Mycoscience 53, 156–160 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10267-011-0147-y

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