Project description:Hebeloma subsection Denudata includes the type of H. section Denudata, Hebeloma crustuliniforme, as well as the majority of the taxa commonly included in the Hebeloma crustuliniforme complex. Complementing the work of D.K. Aanen and co-workers, and using refined morphological and molecular methods we were able to recognize further individual taxa within the section. Fifteen species occurring in Europe are assigned to H. subsect. Denudata. Of these, we describe eight species as new, namely H. aanenii, H. aurantioumbrinum, H. geminatum, H. louiseae, H. luteicystidiatum, H. pallidolabiatum, H. perexiguum and H. salicicola. Naucoria bellotiana, a species very similar to H. alpinum is recombined into Hebeloma. A key to Hebeloma subsect. Denudata is provided. We demonstrate that within this subsection there is good overall consistency between morphological, phylogenetic and biological species concepts. In contrast to current opinion, in this group there is little species overlap, particularly when also considering species frequencies, between arctic and alpine floras on one hand and temperate on the other.
Project description:Wiesnerella denudata (Mitt.) Steph. is a thallose liverwort distributed in Asian subtropical to tropical regions. It is the only one species in genus Wiesnerella and family Wiesnerellaceae. To investigate intraspecific variations on mitochondrial genomes of W. denudata, we completed mitochondrial genome of W. denudata. Its length is 185,640 bp, longer than that of the previously sequenced mitochondrial genome by 71 bp and contains 73 genes (41 protein-coding genes, 3 rRNAs, 28 tRNAs, and 1 pseudogene). A total of 149 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and 3,033 insertions and deletions are identified, much higher than those of Marchantia polymorpha subsp. ruderalis and Riccia fluitans. Phylogenetic trees show that W. denudata is clustered with Monosolenium tenerum belonging to Monosoleniaceae.