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Rhodocybe-Clitopilus clade (Entolomataceae, Basidiomycota) in the Dominican Republic: new taxa and first reports of Clitocella, Clitopilus, and Rhodocybe for Hispaniola

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Based on morphological and phylogenetic investigations, four new species, Clitocella termitophila, Clitopilus velutinus, Rhodocybe dominicana, and Rhodocybe pseudoalutacea, one new variety, Rhodocybe luteocinnamomea var. fulva, and first reports of Clitopilus prunulus, Rhodocybe mellea, and Rhodocybe roseiavellanea are described and illustrated from the island of Hispaniola. Three protein coding genes, RPB2, TEF1, and ATP6, were used to compare taxa and make phylogenetic inferences about novel species and varieties. Where necessary, because of non-availability of these protein coding gene data for every taxon, ITS sequences were used to confirm uniqueness or species similarity for C. velutinus and R. mellea, respectively. This contribution is a result of and based on numerous expeditions in the Dominican Republic by two different groups over a 20-year period that were designed to gather data on macrofungal biodiversity of this region. The new agaric taxa documented here contribute to the limited but growing knowledge on biodiversity of the Entolomataceae (Agaricales) for the Dominican Republic and the island of Hispaniola.

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Acknowledgments

TJB and DJL thank the National Science Foundation, Biotic Surveys and Inventory Program for awards to the State University of New York (SUNY), College at Cortland (DEB9525902, DEB0103621) for the support in field work in the Dominican Republic and other areas in the Caribbean basin. Extraction and sequencing of DNA from the type of Rhodocybe mellea was kindly allowed by the New York Botanical Garden with support from curator of fungi, Roy Halling. CA wishes to thank Ricardo G. García, Francisco Jiménez, Brígido Peguero, Yuley E. Piñeyro, and Alberto Veloz (Jardín Botánico Nacional Dr. Rafael M. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) for their interest and encouragement in studying fungi of the Dominican Republic and for their active cooperation in accepting and curating herbarium material at their institution. TJB acknowledges financial support from the SUNY Cortland College Foundation for providing funding for extraction and sequencing collections used in this study and the SUNY Geology Department for use of their SEM.

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    Timothy J. Baroni

  2. Jardín Botánico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic

    Claudio Angelini

  3. Pordenone, Italy

    Claudio Angelini

  4. Department of Biology, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Group, Middle Tennessee State University, PO Box 60, Murfreesboro, TN, 37132, USA

    Sarah E. Bergemann

  5. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Georgia, 2105 Miller Plant Sciences Building, Athens, GA, 30606, USA

    D. Jean Lodge

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    Lance Lacey

  7. Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York Broome Community College, Binghamton, NY, 13905, USA

    Tracy A. Curtis

  8. Department of Biology, Universidad Ana G. Méndez, Gurabo, 00778, Puerto Rico

    Sharon A. Cantrell

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Baroni, T.J., Angelini, C., Bergemann, S.E. et al. Rhodocybe-Clitopilus clade (Entolomataceae, Basidiomycota) in the Dominican Republic: new taxa and first reports of Clitocella, Clitopilus, and Rhodocybe for Hispaniola. Mycol Progress 19, 1083–1099 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11557-020-01619-y

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