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Luminescent Mycena: new and noteworthy species

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Author(s):
Desjardin, Dennis E. [1] ; Perry, Brian A. [1] ; Lodge, D. Jean [2] ; Stevani, Cassius V. [3] ; Nagasawa, Eiji [4]
Total Authors: 5
Affiliation:
[1] San Francisco State Univ, Dept Biol, San Francisco, CA 94132 - USA
[2] US Forest Serv, USDA, No Res Stn, Luquillo, PR 00773 - USA
[3] Univ Sao Paulo, Inst Quim, BR-05599970 Sao Paulo - Brazil
[4] Tottori Mycol Inst, Tottori 6891125 - Japan
Total Affiliations: 4
Document type: Journal article
Source: Mycologia; v. 102, n. 2, p. 459-477, MAR-APR 2010.
Web of Science Citations: 19
Abstract

Seven species or Mycena are reported as luminescent, representing specimens collected in Belize, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Jamaica, japan (Bonin Islands), Malaysia (Borneo) and Puerto Rico. Four of them represent new species (Mycena luxaeterna, M. luxarboricola, M. luxperpetua, M. silvaelucens) and three represent new reports of luminescence in previously described species (M. aff. abieticola, M. aspratilis, M. margarita). Mycena subepipterygia is synonymized with M. margarita, and M. chlorinosma is proposed as a possible synonym. Comprehensive descriptions, illustrations, photographs and comparisons with phenetically similar species are provided. A redescription of M. chlorophos, based on analyses of type specimens and recently collected topotypical material, is provided. The addition of these seven new or new, reported luminescent species of Mycena brings the total to 71 known bioluminescent species of fungi. (AU)