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SUBMITTER: Delgat L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7325672 | biostudies-literature | 2019
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Delgat Lynn L Dierickx Glen G De Wilde Serge S Angelini Claudio C De Crop Eske E De Lange Ruben R Halling Roy R Manz Cathrin C Nuytinck Jorinde J Verbeken Annemieke A
IMA fungus 20190918
The ectomycorrhizal genus <i>Lactifluus</i> is known to contain many species complexes, consisting of morphologically very similar species, which can be considered cryptic or pseudocryptic. In this paper, a thorough molecular study is performed of the clade around <i>Lactifluus deceptivus</i> (originally described by Peck from North America) or the deceptive milkcaps. Even though most collections were identified as <i>L. deceptivus</i>, the clade is shown to contain at least 15 species, distribu ...[more]